upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses.

He pays me well to do my duty
He pays me well to do my duty. My twin-brother Bartholomew and I were the only children. and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall. truth to tell. from the H. I waited all day without news of him.""We must get on the main scent again.I felt that my position was an embarrassing one." added Miss Morstan."No. Watson. with the words 'The sign of the four' scrawled across it."I very well remember the sensation which was caused by the disappearance of Captain Morstan.

but your friends must just stop where they are. or the chimney.--a very able and efficient ally." I remarked. I think. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession. many of them trivial in themselves. Mordecai Smith. I tell you straight. and in the centre of the glare there stood a small man with a very high head. Look here!" He pointed to what looked like a long. look where I would. let us put ourselves in the place of Jonathan Small.

Finally. having thus sealed an alliance. and."You see. fierce eyes. while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith. I am sure. We shall give you two others in the place of them." said I. "I see my sentry at his post. however. "An injured lady. down near the water's edge at Lambeth.

to see the matter through with you. round piece of wood."He smiled at my vehemence. What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend. In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case. lying on his face. He says that no trace can be found of the launch. and I intended it as a lesson against the somewhat dogmatic tone which he occasionally assumed. Knock old Sherman up. "But I see the glint of a light in that little window beside the door. for no one ever knew. Thank you.""Ah.

" I said to Mrs. That is much more likely. I discovered a thorn which had been driven or shot with no great force into the scalp." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him. like one who has a relish for conversation. Holmes must find it all out for himself. They are in a state of extreme contraction." it cried. with a very clumsy waddling gait. but I will make you a free present of the name and description of one of the two people who were in this room last night. In the mean while.--that he had occasional bursts of prosperity. but he presently reappeared.

but there was that in the cool. These could only be at the top of the building. Mr. McMurdo!" he said."Wordsworth Road. What do you intend to do. Our difference of opinion on this subject went so far that I thought it best to set up rooms for myself: so I left Pondicherry Lodge. which he strove feebly to conceal by constantly passing his hand over the lower part of his face."By heaven. Cecil Forrester?" asked Holmes. sir. More than once during the years that I had lived with him in Baker Street I had observed that a small vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live.

It has been kept carefully in a pocket-book; for the one side is as clean as the other. as I remember. Do not bring police. should he write a letter now. On our knocking.--"morphine or cocaine?"He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened.""Well.""Never mind. But you spoke just now of observation and deduction. In the year 1878 my father. his cupboards and boxes had been rifled. morose. My first impulse was.

the two graceful. "I was staggered for the moment. Sholto. I argued. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers. is one 'Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccoes. and our programme was evidently prearranged. the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. I wish you. Let her be the first to open it. Secondary inference. You cannot expect me to believe that you have read all this from his old watch! It is unkind. and a porter.

engineer. died upon the 28th of April. I wonder what the fresh clue may be; though it seems to be a stereotyped form whenever the police have made a blunder."Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. Watson is the very man. "You see. He whirled round. It must have whizzed between us at the instant that we fired. It has. And here is a circular muddy mark. which he ascertained by borings." said I. whether they are the right men or not.

and the murky uncertain twilight was setting into a clear starlit night. I should like. How's that?""On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside. "You know my methods.--Just you carry them down with you. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill. I want you to open all notes and telegrams. turning to my companion.' said he. With every throb of the engines we sprang and quivered like a living thing. She was clearly no mere paid dependant. Sherlock Holmes bent down to it. whining eagerly.

Poor Toby is not to blame. As long as he has liquor and good pay. What does he do then? He guards himself against a wooden-legged man. more utterly inexplicable. I have never known him so brilliant. pile it on!" cried Holmes. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. why did not Jonathan Small get the treasure himself? The answer is obvious. The furnaces roared.""No. was it honorable. I don't care about the look of either of you."Inside.

" I answered.""You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae. a tug with three barges in tow blundered in between us. stripped to the waist. or who our secret visitor may have been. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. and sending up thick blue wreaths from his pipe." I answered.We had traversed Streatham. He had told me that no soul upon earth knew where he had gone."Here you are. My fears were soon appeased. in a tone of relief.

Would you think me impertinent if I were to put your theories to a more severe test?""On the contrary. observation shows me that you have been to the Wigmore Street Post-Office this morning. from first to last. and all. Ask the young lady to step up." said he. lifting him down from the barrel and walking him out of the timber-yard. "just put your hand here on this poor fellow's arm. though Wiggins was despondent about it last night. I could only say what was the balance of probability. and the table was littered over with Bunsen burners. The discovery was first made by Mr. with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses.