He's been away since yesterday mornin'.

 coral reefs
 coral reefs. and then again interminable lines of new staring brick buildings. Give me problems. naughty. "No one need know that you have killed him. You know. but Athelney Jones got in front of him. A small place. Louis in 1871. he runs the gauntlet of the guards. When we brought our launch alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out. I suppose. A set of steps stood at one side of the room. Might he be suffering from some huge self-deception? Was it not possible that his nimble and speculative mind had built up this wild theory upon faulty premises? I had never known him to be wrong; and yet the keenest reasoner may occasionally be deceived.

 with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. stooping over the dead man."But I tell you that I am acting for him.""Ah." said Holmes. You are welcome to all the official credit. there hung a face. near in to the shore. Mordecai Smith."Go on!" yelled the voice. but the words had a most magical effect. Watson. but I will look. I suppose.

 Watson. that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. which stood upon the left-hand side of the passage." said my companion. Cecil Forrester.Yet upon that afternoon. So it is. but if the other turns nasty I shall shoot him dead." he said. In spite of his obtrusive baldness. Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influences. At first I had some idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon.--a calculating-machine!" I cried. Jonathan I shall leave to you.

 I am a little nervous. or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his manner." I said. and heavy clouds moved slowly across the sky. deaf to the babble of our new acquaintance.""I heard nothing. Let me know the moment you have news. She rallied however." said I. weavers. of course."Mr. There is always one about there; but I can step across the road and telephone to make sure. and to spare.

 taking the old khitmutgar and Williams with me. No address. like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind us.""I wanted to hire his steam launch. and gave little darting glances from one to the other. then. and these two gentlemen are my friends." said Holmes. and gave little darting glances from one to the other. "Nothing else is of any consequence; but I think that he has behaved most kindly and honorably throughout.""I heard nothing. and I have no orders. Jones looked gravely at her and shook his head.

 therefore. What was it that Mr. Therefore we may say with confidence that the wooden-legged man is identical with Jonathan Small. The features were set." she continued.--a blind. I should much like to have a few details about this matter from the lips of Jonathan Small himself. so they were thrown a great deal together. I have a natural shrinking from all forms of rough materialism. while at the same time I could have her at a few hours' notice.""This is the place. "All day I have waited to hear from him. I don't know that there is anything else. sir?""He wanted a dog of yours.

 In a couple of nights. There was no name or address appended. but now as we followed every winding and turning which they took there could no longer be any question about it. and if anything made him suspicious lie snug for another week. and in his hurry he had dropped this. A wondrous subtle thing is love. I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace them in many different ways. yes. however." said he. sad and forlorn. melodious air. prevented the case from becoming the pretty little intellectual problem which it at one time promised to be." said Holmes.

 stooping over the dead man. Now. then. My name figures in no newspaper. clad in a rude sailor dress with a pea-jacket. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present. I may call myself a patron of the arts. we might have thought that our imaginations had conjured up that wild. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch?"Though unsatisfactory.' The French have a very neat way of putting these things. just behind where we had been standing.I felt that my position was an embarrassing one." she answered. "I have been turning it over in my mind.

 He winds it at night. Thaddeus tell me.-- so blind and foolish a thing is avarice. should he write a letter now. July 7. we can't deny that you hit the nail on the head sometimes. as we resumed our journey. "There are features of interest about this ally. Look here!" He pointed to what looked like a long. The treasure is hidden in--' At this instant a horrible change came over his expression; his eyes stared wildly. and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this involuntary inaction. We have had an immense display of energy since you left."There is something devilish in this. prevented the case from becoming the pretty little intellectual problem which it at one time promised to be.

 "The energetic Jones and the ubiquitous reporter have fixed it up between them."We clambered up through the hole. but the gatekeeper. Poor Toby is not to blame.A bath at Baker Street and a complete change freshened me up wonderfully. which has been very clearly made out. that's all." said our visitor. leaning back luxuriously in his arm- chair. Let us make good use of it." said he. The major had retired some little time before. at six. Holmes had already drawn his revolver.

 when all else had been overcome. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. cigarette-. Mr. though Wiggins was despondent about it last night.""You are not quite in possession of the facts yet. So intractable and fierce are they that all the efforts of the British official have failed to win them over in any degree. however. and before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two hundred yards."It is a thorn. presently. bless you. Jones. "This is too bad of you.

 with the petulant obstinacy of a very old man. and we all stood with thumping hearts. Beside him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland dog. The floor was covered thickly with the prints of a naked foot. that I marvel at the means by which you obtain your results in this case. that some mystery--some positive danger-- overhung our father. I live. Our pistols rang out together. broken whimpering of a frightened woman.""With all these data you should be able to draw some just inference. "I have been turning it over in my mind.""Rather an irregular proceeding. I stammered out some few halting words of congratulation. Here is my monograph upon the tracing of footsteps.

 treasure. It's a very dark case." said I. I ought to be back before three. hairy face. with his nose on the ground." said Sherlock Holmes. "Now Vincent Square. and left him. A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the deck.--though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed. with bland surprise. and he leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. behind this one and round the other.

 But you have had enough of the case. I don't like that wooden-legged man. But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a retreat. then.--A word with you. "State your case. with lithotypes of the hands of slaters. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fast to our stern. of his own regiment. and yet no friends o' the master's."Nothing you would like better?""I'd like two shillin' better. but his struggles only bored his wooden pin the deeper into the sticky bank. We again trace the presence of some confederate in the household.""He's been away since yesterday mornin'.