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Tie Hound of the
Baskervilles
Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
BY A. CONAN DOYLE..
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Author of "The Green Flag" and "The Great Boer War"
Copyright (1902) by A. COnen Doyle. .
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loo tlitioxi, r noire Mad a; Wire that he Cion. ,
41/3 a (WAWA= treshness,
abbot you, Watson, watch makes it a
pleasure to exercise any small powere
whisili I possess at your expense. A.
gentleman goes forth on a showery and
miry day. He returns Immaculate in
the evening 'with the gloss still on his
hat and his boots. He has been a fix-
ture therefore all day. He is net a man
have spoken with me before als death with intimate friends. Where, "then,
he would have warned me against sould he have been? Is it not obvious?"
bringlia this the last of the old race, "Well, it Is rather obvious."
and the heir to great wealth, to that "The world is full of obvious things
• deadly place. And yet it cannot be which nobody by any chance eVer oh -
dente -it that the prosperity of the whole serves, Where.do you think that nhave
poor, bleak country -side depends upon been?"
his presence. All the good work which "A fixture also." .
has been done by Sir Charles will "the contrary, I nave ,been to
Devshire,"
"I spirit?"
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"Exactly, .My body nes remained In
this armchair, and has, I regret to ob-
serve, consumed in my =absence two
large pas of coffee and an incredible
amount of tobacco. After you left I
sent dowit to Staraford's for the Ord-
nance map of this portion of the moor,
and my spirit has hovered over it all
dayol flatter myself that I could find
my way about."
• "A large scale may, I presume?"
"Very large." He unralled one sec-
tion and held it overahis knee. "Here
you have the particinar district which
concerns us. That is 1Baskerville Hall
In the middle."
"With a weed round it?" •
"Exactly. I fancy the Yew Alley,
though not marked under that name,
must stretch along this line, with the
:moor, as you perceive, upon the right
of it. This small clump of buildings
here is the hamlet of Grimpene where
arrived at Southampton this morning
Now, Mr, Holmes, what would you ad.
vise me to do with him?"
"Why should he not go to the home
of his fathers?"
"It seems natural, deep it net? And
yet, consider that every Baskerville
who goee there meets with an evil fate.
feel euro that U Sir Charles could
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crash to the ground if there is no ten.
ant of the Hall. I fear lest I should be,
sWayed, too much by my, own obvious
intereet in the matter, and that is why
I bring the case before you and ask for
your advice,"
Hohnes c,onsidered for a little time,
"Put into plain words, the matter is
this," said he. "In yciur opinion there is
a diabolical agency which makes Part -
moor -an unsafe abode for a Banker.
ville-that Is your opinion?" •
"At least might go the length of
saying that there is some evidence that
this may be so." -
"Exactly. But surely, if your super.
natural theory -be -correct it could
work the young man evil in London as
easily as in Devonshire. A devil with
merely -local powers like a parish vete
try would be toonneonceivable a thing."
"You put the matter more flippantly,
Mr. Holmes, than you would probably
do It you were brought into personal
contact with these things. Yeur ad
-ricer-then, as 1- understami-itelsethat frienci Dr. `Mieftlieriar has bis lean
the young man will be as safe in quaters. Within a radius of five miles
Devonshire as in London. He conies in there -lore, as you eee.; only a very few
efifty minutes, What would you recent, , scattered dwellings. Here is Latter
mend?'" ' • - Hall, which Werheentimied 11n the nor
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"I recommend, sir, that you take a rative. There is a house indicated here
cab,' call off. your spaniel who is which may be the residence of the
scratching at my front door; end pro naturalist --Stapleton, if 'I retheinber
•ceed• to Waterloo • to meet Sir Henry right, was his name. Here are two
Baskerville." • moorland farm -houses, High Tor and
"Arad then?". . • • Foulmire: Theh fourteen miles away
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"And then you will say nothing to the great convict prison af anincetown.
him at all /until I have made up My Between and around these scattered
mind abort the matter." points extends the desolate, lifeless
"How long will It take you to niake moor. This, then, Is the tage upon
up your mind?" , which 'tragedy has been played, and
."Twenty-four hours; At ten o'clock upon which- we may help to play . it
to -morrow, .Dr. Mortimer, 1 will be again." .
much. obliged to you if you will call It must be. a Wild place" •
• ' 2 upon me here, and it will 'be Whelp "Yes, the setting Is a worthy one. -If
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A. 0. PATT/SON, Station Agent,
P. R. 1401)(1ENS, TOWn. Ticket Agt.
J. 1), MACBONALD, Distriet Paige&
• ger Agent, %tent&
to me in my• pians, for • the' future. if the devil did desire tojeava a hand in
• you will bring Sir Henry Baskerville the•affafinef meti-n" . •
"Then you are yourself inclining. to
,..the supernaturenexnhinationn • . •
"The devil's ageing maybe of flesh
•.and bleed, may they. not?' •There,•aro
two qtrestions .waiting for us ‘an the out-
set. The one is Whether any crime. has
been .eoinmitted at all; the. second et,
what is the crime and how Was it corn-
. paitted?':Of epurse, if 'Dr. Mortimer%
surmise should be correct, and' we are
. deenagi with forces; outside the .on
dinary laws of Nature, there is an end
Of our Investigation. But we are bound
to exhaust ail. other hypotheses before
felling back apcni. this one. I think well
shut that window again, if you don't
mind. 'Reis a singular thing, but I find
that concentrated atmosphere. helps
concentration .thought. -I have not
Meshed it. to the length of getting into
'a. box to think, but that Is the logical
outcome of my convictions. •Hetre you•
turned the case over in your.neted?".
' !lees, a have thoUght'a 'good neat of
It in the couese • of. the .day.". •
"What do you make. of 'it?"
"it is very. bewildering." • • .
"It has certainly. a character 'of its
own. There are .peintt of. distinction
about R."That change in the foOtpriiite,
for • example. What • do you make . Of
that?" • • •
"Mortimer said that the man: had
Walked on tiptoe . down that portion, of
:the alley." • . • - , .•
. "He only repeate.d • what some fool
had said. at tae inquest. Why should a
.men week on tiptoe _down the alley?"
"What then?" ' • • ,. •
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desperately, runoingefoneffin life, e'en-
• ...nHe was running. Wation-running
nbig
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until he burst bis: heart and fell,
dead upon his face!' •
• • "Running froth.. what?"
. "There lies our problem. There are
indications that the man wits crazed
with fear -before evee he. begin • to
run." ' • ' . • •
'Mow can you say that?" .
Ifird any see it after?'" • • .„
"I am presuming that the cause of
"I have not heard of any." al
"Thank younGood Morning." his fears came to him across the Moor.
If that were so, nrd lt•seems most prob.
Hohnee retureed to his seat With
abl , only a, rhea, who had lost his wits
ould have run from the house instead
of 'towards it. If the gipsy's evidence
May be taken as true, he ran with
cries for •help in the direction where
with you. •
• "I will do so, Mr. Holmes" He scrib.
bled the appointment en his shtrt cuff
and hurried Off in his strange, peering,
".I might go 'the length of -saying Mere h
sonic evidence that this inay he So,"
absent-minded fashion, Holmes stopped
him at the head of the stair: •
"Only one more questioa, Dr. 1Vlerti-
mer. You say that before Sir Charles
Baskervine's dea.th several people saw
this apparition upon the moor?"
O. -Three people did."'
PArn HAM.
4.00"Why, yea" eahl he. "and the I
U14 tette i., etteretore, test rue Mt&
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that if My' friend here had not pro- who wished to poe as an
corneosed by an educated man
sll Uneducated
strange thing is, Mr. SherlOcit Holiness,
posed coming mune to you this morn -one, and his effort to conceal his own
lug I should have come on my own ac- 'writing ouggests that " that writing,
count. I understand that you think out1 arayigynete.benlianiwien'ePeraneenTon Qt°1)LerYkrtwhani
little puzzles, and I've had one thie
morning which wants more thinking 1 the "r" are notgunnned nil in an ac -
out than I am able to give to it" curate line, but that some are much
"Pray take a seat, Sir Henry. Do I higner than others. IAN,' for exaMPlo.
Understand yon to say that you have il is quite out Or its proper plage. That
yourself bad some reMaritable ex- may point to carelessness or it may
perience since you apoint to agitation awl hurry upon the
arrived in London?"
"Nailing of much importance, Mr, ; part of the cotter. On the whole I in.
Holmes. Only O Joke, as like as not. It cline to the latter View, since the mat
was this letter, if You can call it a let- I ter was evidently important, and it is
ter, which reached me this morning." I unlikely that the composer of such a
He laid an envelope upon the table, letter would be careless. If be were in
and we all bent over it. It was of cora- a hurry it opens uP the Interesting
Mon quality, greyish in color- Tne ad, -question why he shouldbe no e hurry,
dress, "Sir Henry Baskerville, North., "iint-e-MrIett"Cistif1111.fn ' early
umberiancl Hotel," was printed in
rough characters; the post -mark "Char-
ing Cross," and the date' of posting
the preceding evening.
"Who knew that you were going to
the Northumberland Hotel?" asked
Holmes, glancing- keenly across at .our
vieitor,
No one could have known. We only
decided after I met Dr. Mortimer."
"But Dr. Mortimer was no doubt al-
ready stopping there?"
"No, I had 'been staying with a
friend," saki the doctor. "There was
no possible indication that we intended
to go to this hotel." I
• "Hum! Someone seems to be very
deeply interested in your movements." ,
Out of the envelope he took a half- '
sheet of foolscap paper -folded into
four. This he opened and spread fiat
uponethe table. Across the middle of
it a single setnence had been formed
by the expedient of pasting printed .
words -upon it. It ran; "As you value
your life or your reason keep away
from the moor." Tae word "moor" only
was printed in ink,
"Now," said Sir Henry Baskerville,
"perhaps you•will tell me, Mr. Holmes,
what in thunder is •the meaning of that in saying. that could we examine the
and who it is that takes so much inter. • • .
est in my affairs?" neaste-paper baskets of ' the hotels
il we found
"What do you make of it, Dr. Mer-
round Charing Cross unt
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nothing supeinatoral about this, at any leader we -could lay -our hands straight
rater, . . • . . upon the person who sent this singu-
"lar message Ilalloae 110,11c.a! What's
NO, sir, but it naight very well come . '
this?" •
morning would reach Sir Henry before
he would leave his hotel. Did the "COM
poser fear an interruption -anti from
whom?"
"We are doming now rather into the
region of guesa work," said Dr, Moo
tiraer.
"Say, rather, into the region wbere
we balance probabilities and .choose
the most likely. It is the scientific use
of the imagination, but we have al-
ways some material basis on which
to start our speculations. Now, you
would call it a‘guess, no doubt, but
am almost certain' that this address
Oas been Written. In an hotel,"
"How in the world can you say
"If you examine it carefully You will
see that both the pen and the inkaave
given the writer trouble, The pen nail
spluttered twice in a single word, and
has run 'dry three times -in a short ad
dress, showing that there was very lit,
'tie Ink in the bottle. Now, a private
pen or •ink -bottle is seldom allowed
to be in such a state, and the combine,
tion of the two mast be gate rare. But
you know the hotel Ina and the hotel
pen, where it is rare to get anything
else. Yes, 1 have very little hesitation
from someone who was convinced that •
He was carefully examining the
.the ifusinese is supernatural. •
foolscap, upon which the words were
"Whatbusiness?" asked Sir Henry, pasted, ' •
sharply. seems to me that all you a, • •
gentlemenaknow-a -great-eleal --more-- "Nots.Vsrelifing--,,' saw'
throw ifignir
than I do about my own affairs." •
' down. "Itis a blank hale -sheet of pin
"You shall share our knowledge be -
per, Withotif even a watermark ileum
fore you leave this room, Sin Henry. I
promise you....thate....saidsherionk.. it. I think we have drawn as much as
Holmes We will confine ourselves for 'we can from`tbleacurions lettere and
now, Sir lienre, has anything else of
the present with you nermitsion to
' this very interesting document, which interest happened to you since youMine been Why, nin London?" •
must have been put together and poet-
'il, Mr.
. ed yesterday evening. Have you yes -
' Too have not Holpies. I thinet not." obennven'i-onYdoe Id
mw Times; Watson?" 1 low or watch you?" • • - • -
"It is here in the corner."
Might 1 trouble you for it -the In- "I. seem to have Walked right into
side page, please, with the leading altte
the .thick of a dime novel," said our
visitor. "Who in thunder should: any-
1*1l.* glanced swiftly over . ,
•one follow Or Watch me?"
running his eyes up and down the
columns. "Capital article this on Free
Trade. Permit me to, gi,tr,.you an e nothing else to report to us before We
One Into this Matter?" .
Well, • it depends upon 'what you
linagtolog that Out own special -trade
' "T --e coming to tint 'Yee .1"...0
" tract from'it 'You may be cajoled into
or yOur 'own industry Will be encowto
"I think anything. out of the ordin•
aged by a protective tariff, but it stands I afy routine of life well Worth report'
• to reason that such. legislation must
in the long run keep away wealth from
the 'country, dleanish thee Value of our Sir Henry • n
Imports , and rower the general con- '7 don't know inucla of British' life
ditions of life in tide island.' What do yet for .1 have spent nearly ale my
you think of that, Watson'' cried 1 time in the States and in Canada. But
. Holmes, in lagh glee, rubbing his hands hope that to lose one .of your beets
tcigether with. satisfaction. "Don't you is not part of the ordinary routine Of
°think that -is -an admirable sentiment?"
Dr. Mortimer looked at Holmes with
an air of professional interest, and Sir
Henry Baskerville turned ''a pair of
puzzled dark eyes upon -me.
"I dont know much about the tariff
and thiOgs of that kind," 'said he; "bin trifles of this kind?" •
It seems to Me we've got a bit oft the "Well he asked . me • for anything.
trail so fan as that note IS Careen:MCI." outside the ordinary routine."
-eon the contrary, I think we are par • "Exactly," said Holmes, "however
Ocularly hot upon the boil. Sie nnee-• foolish the incident may seem. Yon
Watson here knows more about My
thinit worth reporting "
life over here."' ••
. "You have lost one of yew boots?"
"My .dear sir," cried Dr,. Mortimer,
"It is only mislaid. You' will find it,
when you return :o, the hotel. What is
the use of troubling Mf. Holmes with
that Wet look of ineVord satisfaction.
which meant that he had a cot:igen! 1
task before him. .. ,
"Going outa•Watsone
• "Unless I can help. von" ''. ' help was least likely to be. -Then,
"Ino, my dear fellow, it is at the hour'
again, whom was he waiting for that
of action • thatal ttklei to you . for aid.
night, and why was he waiting for him'
But this' is splendid,4.eallynnique frcen.
thYew Alley rather than In his
some points of vie*. When you pass awn homer, . .
in e '
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Bradley's would you ask him tosend 'You -think that he was waiting for
up a pound of the strongest shag someone?" .
tobacco? Thank eou. It would be as . "The .man was elderly and infirm,.
well i1. you amid make it convenient .
We can understand his taking an even -
not to • return before evening. Then I ing stroll, but the ground was damp
should be very glad to compare impres- and the night Inclement. Is if Ventral
Wong as to.this most interesting prob- at he should stand for -five or ten
tem which has been submitted to us
this Moraine." ,• . , Mates,. as Dr. Mortimer, with more
I knew that seclusion and solitude '. actical sense then I 'should have
vein him credit for, deduced from the
were Very necessary for my friend in e gar ashy, : • ,
these hours of intense mental concen- "But he went out every evening.",,
tration• during which he weighed every ' •
"1 think it unlikely that he waited
particle of evidence, constructed alter- at the moorgate every everring. On the
native theories, balanced one against contrary, the evidence is that he avoid -
the other, and made up his Mind as to ed the -moor. That night he, waited
which points Were essential and which there. It Was the night before he made
immaterial. I therefore spent the MaY his departure for nondon. The thing
at my ohm and did not return to Baker • takes shape, Watson. It becomes 00 -
Street Until evening, It was nearly nine herent. Might I ask you to hand inc
o'clock when I loupe myself in the Mt- my violin, arid we will postpone all fur -
ting -room Ghee more. - ther thought upon this business until
My first impression as I opened the we have had the advatitage of Meeting
door was that a fire had brawn out, for Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry Beaker -
the room Was StI filled with smoke that lone in pie morning."
the light of the lamp upon the table -....
was blurred by it. As I entered', how- CHAPTER rv.
ever, my fears Were set at rest, foo it
Was the acrld fames of strong collate Our breakfast -table was cleared
tobiteect Which took me by the throat, early, and Holmes waited in his dress -
and set me coughing. Through the haze irig-gown for the promised interview.
I had a vague vision of Holmes in his Our elients were punctual to their itp-'
dressing -gown coiled up in an arm.- pointment, for the clock had just
hchalewith his blaek clay pipe betwe.en struck ten whoa Dr. efortimere was
isn
na, Several rolls of •paper IN' shown up, followed by the young baron -
around hitt ' et, The latter was a small, alert, dark.
"Caught cad, Watson?" said he. ...eyed man tibout thirty years of age,
"No, it's this poisonous atmosphere." very sturdily built, with thick biaelt
"/ suppose It is•pretty thick, now that eyebrows and a strong, pugnacious
you mention it," faee. He wore a ruddy -tinted tweed
710pieetikIthlet iwsilinelt°oelv°,r,,tbhi:n1 You have peel -mice Of one who has spent most
suit, and had the weather-beaten ap-
been at your club all day, I pereeive." of his time in the open air, and yet
"My dear Holmes:" there was something in his steady eye
"Am I right?" and the quiet iteentanee of his bear-
"Certaireyi•but how----?"11‘ing whielt Militated. the gentleman.
Ile lituithed et MY bewildered exeretl. "This Is Sir Henry Daskorville," said
methods than you do, but I•fear that
even be has not quite grasped the sig-
nificance of this sentence!'
• "No, I confess thot I see lie- connec-
tion." • . .. . • , • a .
"And yet .
my dear Watson, e• • here n% - it. is •that I only bought the pair last
; . is. night inathe Strand, .and I have never
, so .very close a connection that the one. had them en."
ie extracted .out of the 'other.; 'Yotee. . .
"If yeti have never worn them, Why
'
your 'your' 'life,' reason' 'value'
-:
keep away 'from theDendid you put them out to be cleaned?".
' 'e .' ,t you see
- They were tan boots, and had nev-
now whence these words . have been. taken?er been varnished.• That was why I
." • • ; . .-. - - put them out" . ...
, ..f.tBy thunder, e there .• right! : Well; ii "Tben I . understand that on your
that lent, smart!" cried Sir Henry. • • '.
lf any possile doubt remained. It arrival in London yesterday you went
..seitled by • the feet that 'keep away' out at
'i•o
and e`from the arg 64, out.. in one. boolted?I'once and bought a pair of
d'
. . ee
..a, good dein' of shopping Dr
Pleen." . - • n• ' '
'Wellnow-tis.Mortimer here went round with MP
"Really; MrHolmesthis exceeds .
, ea i. !",, .
'You see, it 1,am • to • be. •• squire down
• • .• , :• ,
there I must dress the part and . it
. anything which I could have imagined • .
have lost one of your boots, you say?"
. "Well, mislaid it, anyhow. I put
them both, outside my deer last night,'
and there , Was • only one in the morn-
ing. .r could- get no ,sense out of the
chap Who 'cleans them: The worst of
said Die Moitiniee, geeing at myfriend
' in amdzetrient, "1 eckidd understand any-
' one saying that the words were from
a n ewananet ; ' • but that you -should
pame.whieh, and add that it came from
the leading article, is really one oe the
most remarkable things which .I- have
ever known: How' did you do it?". '
• "1. presume, doctor, that you could
.
tell the skull of aenegro, from that of
an Ksquimaux?" : • .
"Most certainlyn • • • • o. ,
. "Bet how?" ." . • •
'"Because that is My Special hobby.
. The differences are obviou:s. : The
supra -orbital crest, the facial •angle,
the mincillery curve, the-" . ,
"But this is, ray special hebby, and
the differences are equally obvious.
•There4oatoauch difference to my. eyes
.ibetWeen the Ieaddd bourgoas telle ef a
Tines article and the slovenly print
of an evening half • aper as there
ano)
could be betwe your negro and your
Esquimaux. Te detection of types is
one of the St elernentany .bralieheis
of ' knowledge to the • special ex --
pert in aline:- though . I Confess,
• that mice when . I . was very Young
I confused the Leeds' Mereurr With.
the Western Morning News. But a .
Times' leader is entirely . distinctivo,.,
and these 'words weld have been taken,
from nothing'else.As it was done yes.,
terday the strong probability was that
we should find the words. in yesterday's
issue." •
"So far is I ciiti follow you, then,
Mr..Holines," said Sir Henna Beaker.'
vine; "Seraeone eot out this niessage
with a seisgors" •
"Nail -scissors," said Holmes, "YOU
can see that It was a very short -bladed
seiseors, since the cutter had, to, take '
two snips over 'keep away" •
"That is so. Someone, then, cut out
the message with a pair ' of short -
bladed scissors, pasted it -with eaete
"Gum," said Holmes.
"With gum on to the paper. But I
want to 'mow why the word 'moor'
should have been written?"
"Because he could not find it in
print. The others words were all
slmOle and might be found Oh any
issue, but 'moor' would be less tom.
Men."
"Why, of course, that would explain
It. Have you read anything else' in this
message, Mr. Holmes?" •
"There are one or two intileations,
and yet the 'utmost pains, have been
taken to remove all chid!. The ad,
dress, youtobserve, is printed in rough
tharactere.\ But the Times is a DaPet
which is Seldom found in any halide
bp,t,thoso.„01..the h1ghi0+queated. We
Iti "
or •
f tins aware of a bushy black heard and q
. pair of piercing eyes turned upon Us.
may be that I have got a little' care,
less In my ways out West. Among.
o b1things 1 bought , these brown
o s --'-gave six dollars for them --and
had one stolen before ever I haA them
rny feet,"
• "It se Ms a singularly useless thing
steal,'. said Sherlock Helmee. Ol
• COnfeSS that share Dr. Mortimer's be-
ltdf that, it will not be long 'before the
missing boot is found."
' "And now gentlemen," seed the
barcaiet, with decision, "it seems to
me that 1 heere spoken quite enough
Omit the little that I know. It is time
that you kept your promise and gave
nie a full eceount Of, what we are all
' driving at."
"Your request le a very reasetiable
one," Holmes answered, "Dr. Morti-
mer, 1 think led eould not do better
than to tell your story as yell told it to
Us,"
Tans encouraged, our We:Attie
friend drew his papers from his
potket, and presented the whole case
as he had done upon the morning be
tore, Sir Henry IlaskervIlle listened
witlethe deepest attention, and 'With
alt oeeagiimal,exelaination of
L.
•
e•
ilimmoommummidaiim••••••••
nefeen, $0eM aeve come meo ao
inheritance with a vengeance," OW
he; When the long narrative wall .
finished. "Of course, I've beard of the
hound ever since I was in the nursery,
It's the pet otory of the family, though
I never. thought Of taking it seriouoly
liefore. But as to MY enele's death:no
well, it all items beetling up lnY
head, and can't get it clear yet. You
don't seem quite te have made up
your mind whether it'e a case nor 0
polleeman or a clergyman,"
"Precisely." .
"And now there's this affair of the
letter to me at the hotel. I suppose
that fits into its place."
"It seems to show that someone
knows more than we do obout what
goes on upon the moor,"
-- 'And also," said Hinnies, "that
someone is not iledisposed tower&
you, 'since they warn you of danger."
"Or it may be that they wisa, for
their own purposet, to scare me
away."
"Well, of coulee, that is possible
Mao. I AM very Much indebted to
Dr. Morthner, for introducing me to
a problem winch presents 'several in.
terestnag alternatives, But the prac-
tical pintewhich we new have to de.
(Ode, Sir Henry, is whether it is or le
not advisable for you to go to Basken
ylile Hall." • -
"Why should I not, go?"
"There seetns to be danger," .,
"Do you mean danger from this
farailY fiend or (la you mean datigeo
from human beings?" .
"Well, that is what • we have to find
out" -
"Whichever. It is, my answer is fix.
ed. There is no earn in hell, Mr.
.1-Ionaes and there is no mah. upon
earth Meta cen. prevent me from. going
to the ham of my own people, and
you nuy ta:ce that to be my final an -
sworn. His dark brows knitted and
his face 'flushed fo a dusky red as he
spoke. It was evident that the nein'
temper of the Baskervilles was not
extinct in this their last representa-
tive. "Meanwhile," • eaid he, "I have
hardly bad titae to think over all that
you have told Inc. It's a big thing for
• a Man to have to understand and to
decide at one sitting. I should late to .
have a quiet hour ley myself to make
up my mind. Now, look • here, Mr.
Holmes, it's half -past eleven now and •
I am going back rinat. away to my ho-
tel. Suppose you and YOM'. friend, Dr,
Watson, come round and lunch with "
. lenilleenalneetoetealepornrow
.clearly then now this thing strinee
me." -• •
"Is that convenient io.:youo,Wat
son?" • •
ePerfectlee."•
"Then you enay expect: us.. Shall I .
have a cab caned?"
"I'd prefer to walk, for this affair
has 'flurried Inc rather." • . •
• "I'll join you in a walks with pleas- •
. ore," said hin companion. •
"Then we Meet again 'at two o'clock:
Au revoir, and good morning!"
We • heard thr steps of our•visitors
descend the stair and thoebang of the ,•---
front 'door. In an instant Holmes had .
changed from the languid dreamer.to '
the man of action. • • •
"Your hat and boots, :Watson, quick!
Not a moment toelosel" He rushed ,
' into his room :in his dressing -gown
. and was back again in a few seconds '
In a frock coat We:hurried together
down the stairs' and into the street.
Morthner and Baskerielle were . •
still visible about two hundred yards
ahead of US'In the direction of Oxford
Street • • ! •
' ("Shall I run. on and stop them?" • • • •
"Not forthe world, my dear 'Wet-
sonot ani perfectly satisfied with your .
c'onapany . you 'will tolerate mine..
Our friends are wise, for it is certain- • ' .
ly a Very fine.morning for a walk." • • '
,quickened his pace until we had •
decreased the distance which divided
us by about. holt Then, still keeping
a hundred yards behind, we followed. . .
Into Oxford Street and so down ne.• - •
gent Street.- Once our •friends stopped • .
and „stared into a shop window, upon
which. Holmes did the soma An, In .
stant afterwards he 'gave a little cry ; • •
ot satisfaction,- and, following' the, • _
direction of his 'eager eyese I saw that •
a hansom cab with • a man, inside • •
which'had halted .on the other side of
the street was,. now walking slowly 1
Onwards eaain. . ' • - .
"Theren• our mate Watson! Come.
along! We'll have a good. look at him,
if we can do no More." •
At that instant was" were of' a •
bushy black beard and a pair of
' piercing eyes turned 'Upon us through ,
the side window of the cab. Instantly .'
the trap-door at the top flew' up; some- '
thing Was streamed to the driver,, and •
the cab flew madly off down Regent.
Street, Holmes looked eagerly. round • •
for another, but na. empty -one was in • -
sight Then he dashed in wild purtult ' •
• amid. the stream of ,the beanie, but the
Start was too great,' and :already the
ceb was out of sight. .
eThere now!",said Holmes,- bitterly,. '
as -he emerged panting • mad white
with: vexation from ethe tide of .
vehicles. "Was ever .such bad leek
and. such bad management, :too? Wet."
son, Watson, if you are an honest man •
you will record this oleo ;and set It
againet my. sticcesses!" .•
"Who was the man?" •
"I have hot an idea."
oA • spy?" .
"Well, it was evident from what we
have heard that Baskerville 'has been
very' closely shadowed by ' someone .
since .heOhaseteen in tole& How else .
could it be known so quickly 'that it'. •
wail the Northumberland Hotel which
she had chosen? If they had followed
him the first 'day I argued that, they •
would follow alto also the second. You •
may have observed that I twice stroll
en over to the window. While Dr. Moo •
timer was reading his legend"• '
"Yes, / remenabern:
"1 Was looking out for. loiterers in .
the street, but I saw none. -We are '
dealing .with a eleven Man, Watson.
This matter cuts very ' deep, and
though haVe not finally made up my
mind whether it is a benevolent or a
malevolent agency which is in touch
with us, I ale conscious always • Of
newer and deeign. When cur friends
left at Once followed them in the
Ilepes of marking (Iowa. their invisible •
. attendant. So wile was he that he had
not trusted himself upon foot, bet he
ba O weaned himself of a cab, so that •
he could loiter behind or clash past
them and so escape their notice, His
'Inethod.4.had the additional, advantage
that if they Were to take incab he was
all ready- to f011ew them. It has how- '
• ever, one obvious dieadvantage." •
"It puts bine in tae power of the cabs -
man, '
l'Exattly."
"What a pity we did not get the •
ntimberin
"My dear Watson, elumay I have
been, you surely do not seriousie Irak-
gine that neglected to get the num-
ber? 2704 is our Man, But that is to
else to ter the Monient."
"I fail to see bow you could hare
&MO tiore."
"On observing the eab I should have
instantly turned and winked In' the
Other tlirectial. 1.shetild then at MY
laser° have aired it Second cob and
nelbeWedettiejirst, . a •resiteenfal
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