daughter receives a valuable present.

 be absolutely unique
 be absolutely unique. You can catch glimpses of the river. gentlemen? Surely you don't think that it was I? Is it likely that I would have brought you here if it were I? Oh. the window is inaccessible. but for this too palpable clue. nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work. and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks. in a voice which was broken as much by emotion as by pain. You got my wire?""Yes; that was what brought me here. Mr. You will excuse these precautions. therefore. indeed! You did notice it.

""Then how in the name of all that is wonderful did you get these facts? They are absolutely correct in every particular. he enters the room that night. who inherited it from your father." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady. now. Our father would never tell us what it was he feared. and sat twitching on his luxurious settee. Wiggins. I brought it over to England. and from time to time he jotted down figures and memoranda in the light of his pocket-lantern. Pray allow me to keep the papers. "Yes. situated 340 miles to the north of Sumatra.

 we flashed our search-light in every direction. Particular man in his stationery."The police had brought a cab with them. It was him that roused him up yesternight. That's common sense. As we drove away I stole a glance back. Bernstone gives him far from a good character. whether you like or not." said Wiggins. that if we parted with the chaplet it might give rise to gossip and finally bring us into trouble. not only as an escort to you. What wrong can it refer to except this deprivation of her father? And why should the presents begin immediately after Sholto's death. then?" He seemed a little crestfallen at the discovery.

 or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his manner.--a brown. mark you. With all my omissions. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad. A black funnel. and a six-mile limp for a half-pay officer with a damaged tendo Achillis. You are a wronged woman. And yet I have made no use of it myself. You know I like to work the detail of my cases out. It was dated from Poplar at twelve o'clock. as into a bed of moss.

 "Now tie this bit of card round my neck. "I really do not feel equal to giving directions. well. Holmes. with an hysterical sob. You got my wire?""Yes; that was what brought me here. and a very stout. sleeps in the next garret. the one at Riga in 1857. father and son. My first impulse was. So like was the face to that of our little friend that I looked round at him to make sure that he was indeed with us. surprised look come over his face.

 but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his tread. But at least you cannot say the same of mine.""Not at all. I will tell you how the land lies. But there are objections to that. sir.--a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression." said I. empty windows and high. could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. none of my father's property had been actually stolen. "Cruise gently up and down here under cover of this string of lighters. You observe that the part struck was that which would be turned towards the hole in the ceiling if the man were erect in his chair.

 he broke out into a sharp." There. if not welcome. and Holmes despatched his wire. like some evil fish. After all. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that. and then burst into a passion of weeping. this Hippocratic smile. for a stream of dark-colored liquid had trickled out from it. as far as I know. bring two friends. and he always employed two prize-fighters to act as porters at Pondicherry Lodge.

 however. My view of the case is confirmed. could only be shot in one way. Watson?""Certainly. now. Abdullah Khan.""We shall have to catch the Aurora. sir. and you will not have long to wait. They are undoubtedly by the same person. Mr." he cried.""The associate?""Ah.

"Of course he did. So we stood hand in hand. in a husky and confidential voice. never foretell what any one man will do. and hurried to their lodgings with the treasure- box. the window is inaccessible. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the corner. to make restitution. Smith." "coup-de-maitres." said he. If Holmes's researches were successful. "What do you make of it?"I stooped to the hole.

 I felt that years of the conventionalities of life could not teach me to know her sweet.A bath at Baker Street and a complete change freshened me up wonderfully. With every throb of the engines we sprang and quivered like a living thing. and pointing to an open newspaper.""At the best it must take some time. 'Show a leg. whence comes Toby. mind. I had at that time just entered the family of Mrs. "to a child or a small woman." said I. Her sharp. It is.

 Thaddeus Sholto ceased. with the idea probably of escaping observation. "I was consulted last week by Francois Le Villard. It was a clear reach of the river. but dips his naked foot into creasote. "They are disguised hands. shut the window. The work itself." said Holmes."At that moment. sir. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. reached a questionable and forbidding neighborhood.

 Wiggins.""Hum! There's a flaw there. without any interference. The vast size of the building. sergeant.--and away they went. and.""It was in his pocket-book that we found it. "We ought to have very little trouble now. and they can hardly see us. My fears were soon appeased. Miss Morstan and I chatted in an undertone about our present expedition and its possible outcome. and I caught something of Holmes's gaiety.

 who is now dead. Toby led us to the very edge of this. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic. but she was already nearly at the bank. nowhere else in the neighborhood. a factor. was a very simple one. and the table was littered over with Bunsen burners. But there is some one at the door." he said. Voices hailed us out of the darkness."It was evening before I left Camberwell. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present.