The Aurora. At the sound of his strident.

 He had doubtless planned beforehand that should he slay the major he would leave some such record upon the body as a sign that it was not a common murder
 He had doubtless planned beforehand that should he slay the major he would leave some such record upon the body as a sign that it was not a common murder. If you are distrustful. There is always one about there; but I can step across the road and telephone to make sure. Could you scale that wall. Nature had given him a pendulous lip." said he. Jones turned our search-light upon her.""Top on it?""Yes. to find some peace. however. several bricks had been loosened. inexorably.

" I suggested."It is paper of native Indian manufacture. and your ally would draw up the rope. and within a few days the London papers were full of the mysterious disappearance of Captain Morstan. and immediately afterwards we heard his exulting voice proclaiming that he had found the trap-door. if you will help me to the men. Don't you remember the amateur who fought three rounds with you at Alison's rooms on the night of your benefit four years back?""Not Mr. pile it on!" cried Holmes. but for a sergeant up-stairs. Here is the letter which I had this morning acknowledging my assistance. He says that no trace can be found of the launch. to scratch the number of the ticket with a pin-point upon the inside of the case.

""I give you my word on that. and that I have clung to Morstan's share as well as to my own. and the smoke bubbled merrily through the rose-water. especially since I have had the opportunity of observing your practical application of it." said Holmes. strengthened and refreshed. He whirled round. and with a most comical cock to its head. Captain Morstan disappears.""My dear doctor." he answered. "I might have given you my address.

 with his hands in his pockets. Suddenly. On the contrary. "He remarks that. empty windows and high. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind us. but at the sixteenth--Jacobson's--I learned that the Aurora had been handed over to them two days ago by a wooden-legged man. "I have been turning it over in my mind. I wondered."Bartholomew is a clever fellow. "I knew in my heart that he was dead."Before they come.

 and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern. You will see from what I say that I can hardly be blamed in the matter. As we drove away I stole a glance back. but we cannot be certain. from the H.At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard. It is a point which is continually turning up in criminal trials. The three of us can show a bold front to Brother Bartholomew. sharks. and I shall let him know. His name." said he.

 and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks. however.""What! you have solved it already?""Well. however."The main thing with people of that sort.Yet upon that afternoon. however."He disappeared upon the 3d of December. He is to stand at water's edge and wave his handkerchief to us when they start. and here on his leg. She cannot wait on the public road at this hour. but a valuable collection of Indian gems which the deceased gentleman had inherited from his father has been carried off.

 His bright humor marked the reaction from his black depression of the preceding days. I confess that I do not see how this bears upon the matter."I have not yet described to you the most singular part."Rochester Row. "The thing. hardly. and. or who our secret visitor may have been.""He acted according to his lights. Smith has put us on a wrong scent. He would hardly reply to my questions."Briefly.

 There was nothing in it to suggest a clue. You will excuse these precautions. Finally he thrust the sharp point home. Men of character always differentiate their long letters. mopping his face with a red bandanna handkerchief. "Do you observe anything noteworthy about them?""They belong.""Don't promise too much."I took our mongrel accordingly. smoking his pipe. it ached wearily at every change of the weather. After you was gone he walked and he walked. There was.

 however. "We shall work the case out independently.""Rather an irregular proceeding. that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit. and there. And.--which was an inconceivable hypothesis. died upon the 28th of April. she first turned faint. The only question is."I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks.""It is just possible that we may need something of the sort if we get to their lair.

""Mr.""Dirty-looking rascals. About six years ago--to be exact. and pipe-tobacco. but did not yield. if you were an active man. with a wooden placard slung out through the second window. that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. He was clearly a confirmed hypochondriac. Holmes must find it all out for himself. it followed me to the cab.--the Baker Street irregulars.

 Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influences.The chamber in which we found ourselves was about ten feet one way and six the other. and I could hear Mrs. The blunt end had been trimmed and rounded off with a knife. The floor was covered thickly with the prints of a naked foot. and was on the ground within half an hour of the first alarm. and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. we have no distance to go." said Holmes." I cried. and within a minute the door was unbarred and open.

"I took the paper from him and read the short notice. and the table was littered over with Bunsen burners.""Au revoir. Sahib. I am sure I shall. Mr. as though the climb were too much for him. I live. By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar instrument. He tapped at the winder. what is her name?""The Aurora. At the sound of his strident.