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I have discovered a suggestive fact, that is alL It is, however, eery suggestive. The details are still to be added. I have just fonnil, on consulting the back files of the l'inte.1, that Major ‘Sholto, of Upper Nor- wood, late of the 3Ith thmbey Infautry, died. upon the 2Sth of A.pril, Med." "1 may be very obtuse, Relines, but I fail to see what this suggests." ." No? You surprise me. Look at it in give me your word thee neither of erdter oompanione ie a police-ollicer." "I give you my word on, that," she an- swered. He gave a shrill whistle, on which a street Arae led across a four -wheeler and opened the door. The man who had ad. dressed us mounted to the box, while w - took our places inside. We had hardly done so before the driver whipped up his hero, and we plunged away at a furious pace through the foggy streets. The situation was a melees one. We were driving to an unknown place, on au errand. Yet oar invitation was either a eompleto hoax, —which was an inconceivable hypothesis,—or else we had good reason to think that important issues might hang upon our journey. Miss Morstan's meaner was as resolute and collected as ever. I endeavored to cheer and amuse her by reminiscence* of my adventures in Afghanistan; but, to tell the truth,. I was myself so excited at our sitnetion and. so cumous as to our destination that mysteries this way, then. Captain Montan disa.p- I were slightly involved. To this cley she peers. The only person in London whom declares that I told her one moving a aecciote as to how a musket looked into my taut at the deed of night, and how fared a, double. barrelled tier cub at it. At first 1 bed some Idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon, what with our pew, the fog, and my own limited knowledge of Louden, I teat my batwing; and knew nothing, save that we seemed to be going a very long way. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault, however, and he inuteered the names as the cab rattled through squaree and in and out by tortuous by -streets. "Rocheeter Row," said he. "Now Vin- cent Square. Now we oome out on the Vauxhall Bridge road. We are making for the Surrey side, apparently, Yes, I thought so. Now we are on the bridge. Yon can catch glimpses of the river.' We cud indeed get a fleeting view of a streteli of the Thames with the lamps slim- ing upon the broad, silent water; but our cab dashed on, and Was soon involved in a lebyrinth of etreets upon the other side, he could have visited is MajorSholto. Maj- or Sholto denies haviug heard that he was in London. Four years later Sholto dies. Withie a week othi$ tloath. Captain Morstan's daughter receive8 a valuable present, which is repeated front year to year, and now cul- minates ta a letter which describes her as a. wronged woman. What. wtono eau it refer to except this deprivation °Cher father? And why should the presents begin inunedit ately after Sholecis death, unless it is that Sholto's heir knows somethilig of the mys- tery and desires to meke compensation ? Have you any alternative theery which will meet the facts?" "But what a, strange compensation 1 And how strangely made Why, too, should he write a letter now, rather then six years ago? Again, the letter speaks of giviug her justice. What justice ca,n she have? It is too much to suppose that her tether is still alive. There is no other injustice in her case that you know of." "There are d tfhoulties ; there are certainly ordsworth Road, sant my compen- difficulties," ateitiSherlock Holmes pensive- en,. " Priory Rout, Lark Hall Lane. "11,.. our expedition of to -nigh% will solve • Herber Lane. Our quest does not appeer Miss Moreton is inside. 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At last pale. ;the must breve been more than WOITIall i the cab drew up at the third house in a new Li she did not feel seine uneasiness at the terrace. None of the other houses were stran e enterprise upcn which we were em- I inhabited, and that at which we stepped barking, yet her self-control was perfect, ° Was as dark as its neighbors, save for a and sho readily answered the few addition- : single glimmer in the kitchen window. On al questions which Sherlock. Holmes put to , our knoektng, however, the door Wata in. her. I stantly thown oon b a Mode° serve t "Major Sholto was a very particular clad in a yellow turbeat, white loose -fitting friend of papas," she sold. HIS letters clothes, and ay ellow sash. There WAS some - were fell of anemone to the nuejor. He and , thing stranglyincongrtiout in this Oriental papa were in commend of thei troops at the • figure framed n the commonplace door -way Andeman Islands, so they were thrown a tot a third-rate eublithen dwelling -house. grew deal together. By the way, a carious 1 "The &hilt awaits you," bad hot and pe.per was found in papa's desk which no even as he spoke there mune a high ininug one could understand. I don'tsuppoee that vole° from some inner room. "Show them it is of the slightest importance, but I in to me, ithittnntger," it cried. "Show thought you mightcare to see ids° I brought ' them straight in to me." it with me. It is here." Holmes unfolded the paper carefully and smoothed it out upon his knee. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens. CHAPTER IV. TUB STORY OF TUE 11.4.I,D•11B.4.DBD MAX: We followed the Indian down a sordid 9 friends here, not only as an escort to you, and was admitted by my faithful old Lel but also witnesses to what I pan about to Chowder, who is now dead. Morstau and I do and say. The three of etat show a bold •had difference of opinioa as to the division front to &other Bertholornew. Bat let us of the treasure, and we came to heated have no outsiders,—no police or effleiale- words. Morstan had speung out of his We can. settle everything satisfactorily ohair fa a paroxysm of anger, when inc among oureelves, withone any ititertereuce. suddenly pressed his hand to his Nothing would arinoy BrotherBartholornew side, his face tamed a desky hue, more than a.uy publioiter." He set down aud he fell backwards, cutting his upon a low !settee aucl blinked at ns heed against the oneer of the treasuee- ingdyirotvrixtlitiylipt zaskt,tiedvaHteoilyinebsl,u e "ejheasiever to my horror, that he was dead. chest. 'When I stooped over him I found, you may choose to say will go no further." d I For a long time I sat half distracted, I nodded to show my agreement. wondering whet I should do. Aly first int- " That is well 1 That is well 1" said he. pulse was, of course, to ,call for assistence ; " May I offer you a. glass of Chianti, Miss but I could not but recognize that there was Morstan ? Or of Tokay ? I keep no other every alma" that would be aeeused bis wines Shall I open a flask? ? Well, murder. .tfis death at the moment of a then, trust that yon have no objection to quarrel, and the gash in his head, wonid be tobacco -smoke, to the mild balsamic odor of black against me, Agaim an official inquiry the Eastern tobacco. I ant a littlenervoas. could nobs be made tvithout bringing oue and I find my hookah ite invaluable sada- some facts about the treasure, which I was tive." He applied a taper to the great particularly anxious to keep secret.. He bowl, and, the =eke bubbled merrily Ind told me that no soul upon earth knew through the rose-water. We eat all three te where he had gone. There seemed to be no a serrucirele, with our heads advanced, and necessity Why any soul ever should know. our chins upon our hands, while the " I was still pondering over the matter, strange, jerky little fellow, with his high, when, looking up, I sew my servant, Lel shining head, Duffed uneasily in the centre." Chowdar, tee door -way. communication to you," sand he, I taight saute', he sew. d No one need know that lie stole in and " Do not fear, " When I first determined to make this bQued tee door whine him. lia,ve given you my address, but I feared you have killed him Let us hide hien away, that yau might disregard my request and and who is the wiser bring unpleasant people with you. I took him," said I. Lai Chowder, shooklits heed "I did not kill the liberty, therefore, of making an appoint. and smiled. "I heard it all, Sahib," said mint Mauch a way thab my man Williams he, "I heard you quarrel, aud I heard the niight be a.ble to see you first. 1 haVe AM, blow, But my lips are sealed. All are pleto confidence in his discretion, and Inc asleep in the Imes°. Let up put him away had orders, if Inc were dissatisfied, to pro- together." Tito was enough to decide me, eeed no further in the utautttel.amYttoulatotIvioll 11 exeuse these precautions, nn itt7e4,1 hso°wIle'aonutiderlilladpentoot makebeija rteg good somewhat rowing, and I might even. say before twelve fooltsh tradesmen in a jury. trtenfintligettaisetetsh'eannda there eiceines elin!thilLighttnvl r Let body that night, and within a few daye the box? Lal Chowder aud I disposed of the uatural shrinking from all forms of rough materialism, eseldom come in contact diseppeerance of Captain Montan You London papers were full of the ;ny erious with the rough crowd. I live, as you, see, will see from what I say that lean herdlyin with some little atmoophere of elegance blamed in the matter. My fault lies in the the arts. around me. I may call myselt a Patron a fact that we concealed not only the body, It is my weakness. The laud- lAt adso the treasure, and that I have clung soap° is a genuine Ooret, and, though eon. to MOratan's share as Well as to my own. noisseur might perhaps throw a doubt upon wiall you, therefore, to make restitution. thee &Avatar Rosa there cannot be the Put your ears dove to my mouth. The least question about:the gouguereem I am treasure in hidden in—" At this instant partial. to the modern Freneh sehool." a horrible change came over his expression; " Yon will excese m,e, Mr. Sholto," said his *veil stared wildly, his jaws dropped, Miss Morsten, "bub I ant here at your re. and he yelled, ie a vow which I car, never (vest to 'eerie somethinf which you desire forget, "keep him ant For Christ's sake to tell nee. It i$ very ate, and I should keep him ont I" We both stared roun 1 deeire the interview to be as short as pqa- at the window behind. us upon which In ilib`l'eL the best it must take 50100 time,' us out of the darkneas. Wo could see the , gaze was fixed, A. lace was leioking hi et he answered ; "for we shall certainly have whitening of the nose where it was pressed to go to Norwood. and Sea Berthohnnew, against the glass, It was a bearded, hairy We shall all go and try if we can get the face, with wild.cruel eyes and an expression better of Brother Bartholomew. Ha is very of concentrated. malevolence. My brother angry with me for taking the course and I rushed towards the window, but the Inas seernedrigtit to me. I had quit,e high MAU was gone. When we returned to my words with lum last nights You cannot father hie heed had dropped and his pulse imagine what a terrible fellow he is when bad ceased to beat he is angry." reached. the garden that night, but " If Wo are to ga to ›,Torwood it would ee,,ad aceeigia ef the intruder save that perhaps be as well to start at once," I von- just, under t windo a" a singie footmark tared to remark. was visible in the flower -bed. But forthat Ho laughed until his ears wore q‘uite red. one trace, we might have thought that our "That would hardly do," he cried. don't imegination hail conjured up that wild, know what he would say if I brought you in fierce face. We soon, however, hatianother that sudden way. No, mot prepe.re yon end a more striking proof that there were by showing you how we ail stand to each secret agencies et work all round ns. The other. In the first place, I mivit tell you window of my father's room was fonnd open that there aro several points in the story of in the morning, his cupboardt and boxes whi h am myaelf ignorant. I eau only had been rifled, and upon his (sheet was lay the facts before you es far as I know •fixed a torn piece of paper, with the words them tnyself, "The sign of the four" scrawled across it. 4` My father was, as you nay ha,ve guess- What the phrase meant, or who our secret ed, Major John Shale), once of the Indian visitor may have been, we never knew. As army. He retiret1 setae eleven years age, far as we mut judge, none of iny father's and memo to live at Poudicherry Lodge In property had been ectuelly stolen, though Upper Norwood. He had prospered in India, everything had been turned out. My and brought batik with him a considerable brother and I naturally associated the pe. sum of money, a large collection of valuable culler incident with the fear whiehlmunted ourtosities, and a staff of native servants. inv lather during his life ; but it is still a With these advantages he bought himself a complete mystery to us." house; and lived. in groat luxury. My twin - The little man stopped to relight his "Ib is paper of native Indian inanufac. and common passage, ill lit and worse fur- obhrentaltreernBertholomew and I were the only hookah and puffed thoughtfully for a tow been pinned to a board. The diagram upon right, which he threw open. .A blaze of which was caused by the disappearance of ture," he remarked. "It hose at some time milled, until he mile to a door upon the " I very well remember the aensation mg to his extraordinary narrative. At the moments. We had all sat abeorhea, listen - it appears to be a plan of part of a large yellow light streamed ant upon, us, and in 1 Captain Montan. tVe read the details in short amount of her father's death Miss building with numerous hone, corridors, the centre of the glare there stood .ft small Moreau had turned deadly white, and for a moment Hewed thatshe was about to faint. She rallied, however, ou drinking a glass of water which I quietly poured out for her from a Venetian aerate upon tho side -table. Sherlock Holmes lenient back in his chair with an abstratted expression and the Ede drawn low over his glittering eyes. As I glanced at him I could not but think how on that very day ho had complained bitterly of the commonplaceness of life. Here at least was a problem which would tax hissagacity to the utmost. Mr. Thaddeus Shone) looked from one to the other of us with an obvious pride at the effect which his story had pro- duced, and then continued between the puffs of his overgrown pipe. "My brother and I," said he, "were, as you may imagine, much excited as to the treasure whioh my father had spoken of. For we ks and for months we (legend delved in every part of the garden, without discovering its whereabouts. It was maddening to think that the hiding place was on his very lips at the moment that he died, We could judge the splendor of the inissing riches by the chaplet which he had taken out. Over this chaplet my brother Bartholomew and 1 bat some little discussion. The pearls were evidently of great value, ancl he was averse Lo part with thorn for, between friends, my brother was himself a little inclined to my father's fault. He thouglie, too, thee if we parted with the chaplet it might give rise to gossip and finally bring us into troable. It wee all that I could do to persuade him to let ma find out M1S3 Morstan's ;Address ald send her a detached pearl at fixed in-' tervals, so that at least she might never feel destitute." "It was a kindly thought," said our companion, earnestly. "It was extremely goTodolfie YtTl- heem"an waved his hand deprecat- ingly. " NVe were you trustees," he said. "That was the view which I toek of it, bhough Brother Btatitglotnew could not, at- togethersee it in tli a t lfght. We had plenty of money ourselves. I desired no more.. Besides, it would have been such bad bete td have treated a young lady in so scurvy a fashion. " Le mattvais ;put mans 0.1 coinze.' The French have a very neat way of putting these thinga. Our cliff:roue pf opinionon. this stibjcet went so far that I thought it best to set up rooms for myself: so Iloft Pondicherry Lodge, taking the old khitmat- ger and Williams with wie. Yeeteielay, however, I learn that an event of extreme importance limo:marred. The treasure has quinine -bottle. Even that -I could not bear been discovered. I instantly communicat- to part veith, althoueh I had got it out with ed with MMtn iss orstan, and it only reains the design of sending it to her. You,. ray for us to drive out to Norwood and demand sons, will give her a fair share of the Agee our share. I explained my views last night tteasare. But send her nothing—not even to Brother Bartholomew: se we shall be the chaplet—until I am gone. .After all, expected, if not welcome, visitors. men have been as bad as this 'and have re. Mr. Theddeus 'Sholto, ceased and sat covered. e twitching on his Inicurioue settee, We all " will tell yea how Montan died,' he remained silent; With. our thoughts upon cantinued. He had eaffered lor years from the new development which the myster. a weak heart, ,but haconceoled itirom evet y ions business had taken. Holmes was the one. I alone knew .18. When in India, first to spring to his feet. he and 1; through remarkable chain of dreams tanees, came into possession of a con- siderable treaenre. brought it over to England, and on ,the night of Morstan's and passegee. At one point is itsnuell cross man with very high head, a bristle of rad. done in red ink, and above it is '2.37 from hair all round the fringe of it, and a bald, left,' in faded pencil -writing. In the loft- shining scalp which shot out from among hand -comer is a curious literoglyphic like it like a mountainepeak from fir -trees. He happened. Never fot an instant did we four creases in a line with their arras touch- writhed his hands together as he stood, and saspeet that he had the whole secret hidden ing. Beside it is written, in very rough his features were inaperpetualjerkolowsmil- and coarse characters, 'The sign of thefour, ing, now suowling, but never for au instant —Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdul- in repose. Nature had given him apendulous lah Khan, Dost Akbar." No, confeas that lip, and a too visible line of yellowand irreg. I do not see how this bears upon the eller teeth, which he strove feebly to conceal matter. Yet it is evidently a document of • by constantly pessinghishand over tholower iinportance. It has been kept carefully 1/1 part of his face. In sp:te of his obstrueive a pocket -book; for the one side is as clean baldnees, he gave the impression of youth. as the other." I In point of fact lie had just turned his "It was in his pooket-book that we found thirtieth year. "Your servant, Miss Morstan," Inc kept "Preserve it carefully, then, Miss 'Montan repeating, in a thin, high voice. "Your for it amy prove to be of use to us. I begin servant, gentlemen. Pray step into my to suspect that this matter may turn out little sanctum. A small place, miss, but to be much deeper and more subtle than I furnished to my own liking. An orts:s of art at first supposed. I must reconsider my ideas." He leaned beek in the cab, and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently. Miss Morstan and chatted in an under- tone about our present expedition and its possible outcome, but our companion main- tained his impenetrable reserve until tte end of our journey. It was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city. Mud -colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. Dowu the Strand the lamps were but misty sploeches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. The yellow glare from the shop -windows streamed out into the steamy, vaporous air, and threw a murky, shifting radiance across the crowded thoroughfare. There was, to my mind, something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light,—sad faces a,nd. glad, haggard and merry, Like all human kind, they flitted from the gloom into the light, and so back into the gloom once more. I am not sub- ject to impressions, but the dun, heavy evening, with the strange business upon which we were engaged, combined to tnake me nervous and depreesed. I could see from Miss Morstan's manner that she was suffering from the same feeling. Hohnes alone could rise superior to petty influendes. He held his open notebook upon his knee, and [ram time to time he jotted down figures and memoranda in the light of his pocket -lantern. At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already. thick at the aide -entrances. In f cint continuoes stream of hansoms and four-wheelers.were rattling up, discharging their cargoes of shirt -fronted men and be. shawled, bediamonded women. We had hardly reached: the third which WAS our rendezvous, before a, small, dark, brisk man in the dress of a coachman accosted " Are you the parties who come with Miss M.orstan?" he asked. . "I am Miss Morstan,and these two gentle- men are my friends," said she. He bent a pair of wonderfully penetrating and questioning eyes upon us. , 'You will excuse me, miss," he said, with a certiten arrival he mato straight over !tete to claim the ppm, and, knowing that he had been a friend of our father's, we disauseed the case freely in his presence. Ho used to join in our epeoulations as to what could have in his own breest,—that of all men he alone knew the fate of Arthur Morstan." We did know, however, that some mys- tery—some positive danger—overhung our father. He was very fearful of going out alone, and he always employed two prize- fighters to ect as porters at Pondicherry Lodge. Williems, who drove you b -night, was one of them. He was once light -weight champion of England. Oar father would never tell us what it was he feared, but he had a most marked aversion to men with wooden legs. On one oacasion he actually fired his revolverath wooden -logged rna.n , who proved to be a harmless tradesman canvass - in the howling desert, of South London." ing for orders. We had to pty a large sum We were all astonished by the appearance to hush the matter up. My brother and I of the apartment into which he invited us. used to think this a mere whim of my In that sorry house it looked as out of place father's, but events have since :led us to as a diamond of the first water in a setting change our opinion. of brass. The richest and glossiest of "Early in 1.852 my father received a curtains and tapestries draped the walls letter from India which was a great shock looped back here and there to expose some to him. He nearly fainted at the breakfast - richly -mounted painting or Oriental vase. table when he opened it, and from that day The carpet was of anther -and -black, so soft he sickened to his death. What was in the and so thick that the foot sank pleasantly letter we could n ' ever discover, but I could into it, as into a bed of moss. Two groat see as he held it that it was shorb and writ - titer -skins thrown athwart it increased the ten in 0 scrawling hand. He had suffered suggestion of Eastern luxury, as did a huge for years from an enlarged spleen, but he hookah which stood upon a mat in the now bebame rapidly worse, and towards the corner. A lamp in the fashion of a silver end of April we were informed that he was dove was hung from an almest invisible beyond all hope, and that he wished to make golden wire in the centre of the room. As a last communication to us. it burned it filled the air with a subtle and " When wo entered his room Ile was aromatic odor. proppei up with pillows and breathing " Mr. Thaddeus Sholto," said the little heavily.. He besought us to lock Inc door man, still jerking and smiling. "That is and to come upon either side of the bed. my namM e. You are Miss orsta,n, of course. Then, grasping our hands, he made a re - And these gentlemen --" markable statement to us, in a voice which "This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and this was broken as much by emotion as by pain. Dr. Watson." I shall try and give it to you in his own " A doctor, eh ?" cried he, much excited. very words. "Have you your stethoscope? IVIight I ask " I have only one thing.' he said, you—would you have the kindness? I have which weigbs upon my mind at this su- doubts as to my tnitral valve, if you would preme moment. it is my treatment of poor be so very good. The aortic I may rely upon Morstan's orphan. The cursed greed which but I should value your opinion upon the has been my 'besetting 'sin through life luts mitrel." withheld trona her the treasure, half at least I listened to his heart, as requested, but of which should have been hers. And yet I was unable to find anything amiss, save have made no uee of it myself, ---so blind- and indeed that he was in an eestaay of fear, for foolish a thing is avarice. The mere feeling of he shivered from head to foot. e' It a,p. possession has .been so dear to me that I pears to he normal," I said. "You have no could not bear to share it with another. See Cause for uneasiness." that chaplet tipped with pearls besides the "You will excuse my anxiety, Miss Morstan,' he remarked, I tuna great sufferer, and I have long had suspic- ions as to that valve. I am delighted to hear that they are unwarranted. Had your father; Mies Morata,n refrained from throw- ing a strain upon his'lleart, Inc might have -been alive now." I could have struck the man across the face, so hob was 1 at this callous and off- hand reference to so delicate a.matter. Miss Montan set down, and her face grew white to the lips. ".1 knew in my heart that he was dead," said she. - "I can give you every information," said he, "and what is more, I can do you justice; and I will, too, whatever Brother Bertholo. dogged manner, "hut .1 was te ask you to mew may say. I am eo glad to have your Ws share. He walked over from the station, You have done well, sie, frotn first to hot," said he. "It is possible that we may be ab e to make you some small return by throwing some light upon that which is still dark to you. But, as Miss Moisten re- marked just now, it is late, and we had facorporated1887, with Gan Capital °IVACO° vitEpweA, ra ht FAT.AUG•16. /re - •••••••••••.* acme Bill AND APPLIANCIA CO. 49 KING ST. W., TORONTO, ONT. G. 0. 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Mention this Dauer. beat pat the matter through without; d°11sYr.' 0new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tubs of his holkali, and pro. aimed from behind a curtain it very Joao he frogged topcoat with Astrakhan oollartand cull's, Tina he buttoned tightly up, in spite of the extreme closeness of the night, and fluished his attire by. putting on a rab- biaskin cap with hengutg leppets which coverea the oars, so that 110 pert of hint was visible save his mobilo and peaky face. "My health is somewhat fragile," he re- marked, mile led the way down the pas- sage. "I am compelled to be in videtudi- narian." Our (tab wee awaiting us outside; and our programme was evidently prearranged, for the driver started off at once at a rapid pace. Thaddeus Sholto talked incessantly, in a voice which rose high above the rattle of the wheels. "Bartholomew is a 'clever fellow," said he. "How do you think Ile found out where the treasure was? He had come to the conclusion that it was some where,out of doors: so Inc worked out all the cubic space of the houss, ana made mee.suretnents everywhere. so that net one inch should be unaccounted for. Among other things, he found that the height of the building was seventy -foul feec, but on adding together the heights of all the .separate rooms, and making every allowance for the space be- tween, which he ascertained by borings, he could not bring the total to more than seventy Thee There were four foot acemmt- ed for. These could only be at the top of the building. He knockecl a hole, there- fore, in the lath -and -plaster ceiling of the highest room, and there, sure enough, he came upon another little garret above it, which hied been sealed up and was known to no one. In the centre stood the treas. ure-chest, resting upon two rafters. He lowered it throueli the holo, and there it lies. He computes the value of jewels at not less than hall a million sterling."' At the mention of this gigautic sum we all stared at one another open-eyed. Miss Morstan, could we secure her rights, would change from a needy governess to the rich- est heiress in England. Surely it was the place of a loyal friend to rejoice at, such news yet I am ashamed to say that selfish - lies took me by the soul, and that deiheart turned as heavy 118 lead within me. I stam- mered out soine few halting words of con- gratulation, and then sat downriaat, -with my head drooped, deaf to the babble of our new acquaintance. He was clearly a confirmed hypochondriac,and I was dretanily conscious that he was pouring forte interminable treins of symptoms, and imploring informa- tion as to the composition and aotion of in- • numerable quack nostrums, souls oi which he bore about in a leather 0580 111 his pocket,. I trust that he may not immember any of the • - answers which I gave him that night. Holmes declares that he overheard me cau- tion him against the great danger of taking more than two drops of castor oil, while I recommended strychnine in large 'loses as a sedative. However that may be, I was cer• :minty relieved when oar cab pulled up 'with a,jerk and the coachman sprang down to , open the door. " This Miss Morstan, is Pondicherry Lodge," said Mr. Thaddeus Sholto, as -he . handed her out. (To • no ocarrittueo.) To tree wrong clone, and , keep silence, is tecitly to be implicated. Most men like to see themseleee in print, bub women don't; they prefer eilk or satin. "Will your daughter -take Latin this year?" Mother—" I guess there is no dauger of it; .we had her vaccinated before sito left e.in ma, Geordiee, re s' allowed a, m. quarter an' he's chokin' 1" Clie.rdie's Mem. ma—" 011, my child, why did you do' 1t1 Xotir I haven t enough fel Attk Arc."