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"Ile can find something," remarked Holmes, shrugging his shoulders. "He has occasional glimmerings a reason. B it'y a pas des sots si inrotunzode que (Tux qui out de 'esprit!" "You see!" sad Atheluey 3 ones, reappear- ing down the steps again. "Facts are bet- ter than mere theories, after all. My view of the case is confirmed. There is a trap- door communicating with the roof, and it, is partly open." • "It was 1 who opened It" No "Oh, indeed! Yoa did notice it, 'then?" He seemed a little crestfellen at the discov- ery. "W ell, whoever noticed it, it shows how our gentleman got away. Inspector:" "Yes, air," trom the passage. "Ask Mr. Shulto to step this way.-3.dr, Sholto, it is my duty to inform you that any- thing which you may say will be used against you. I arrest you in the queen's name as being concerned in the death of your broth- er." " There now I Didn't I tell you 1" cried the poor little man, throwing outhis hands, and looking from one to the other of us. "Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. Sholto," said Holmes. "I think I can en- gage to clear you of die charge." Don't promise too much, Mr. Theorist, —don't promise too mach !" mapped the detective. "You may find it a harder matter than what you think." " Not only will I clear him, Mr. Jones, 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. His name, I have every reason to believe, is Jonathan Small. He is a poorly -educated man, small, active, with his right leg off, and evearing a wooden stump which is worn away upon the Muer side. His left boot has a coarse, square -toed sole, with an iron band round the heel. He is a middle-aged man, much sunburned, and has been a con- vict. The few indications may be of some assistance to you, coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of akin missing from the palm of his hand. 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I don't think I could rest until I know more of this fantastic business. Ithave seen something of the rough side of Me, but I dye you my word that this quick suoeession of strange surprises to -night has shaeken my nerve completely. I should like, however, to see the matter through with you, now that I have got so far." r "Your presence will be of great service to me," he answered. "We shall work the case out independently, and leave this fellow Jones to exult over any mare's-neet whiai be may choose to construct. When yon have dropped Miss Morstan I wish you to g4 on to No. 3 Pinchin Lane, down near the wafettels edge at Lambeth. The third house on the idght-hand side is a bird-stuffer's: Sherman iiitiename. You will see a weasel holding a young rabbit in the window. Knock old Sherman up, and tell him, with my complunentet, that I wane Toby at once. You will bring Tubed/melt in the cab with yam" "A dog, I suppose." , " Yes,—a queer mongreleoew4tle a most amazing power of scent. 1 nooa r haere Toby's help than that of the whole eftddbiere force of London."- "1 shall bring him, then," said 1. "It is one now. I ought to be back before three, if I can get's, fresh horse." "And. I, said Holmes, "shall see what I can leara from Mrs Bernstone, -and from the Indian servant, who, Mr. Thaddeus tells me, sleeps in the next garret. Then Ishii stedy the great Jones's methodsand list to hianot too delicate sarcasms. 'Wir s gettrehat dasettie Menschen verhohne •sie nicht verstehen." Goethe is al pithy. ' CHAPTaTII. TlitX EASODE 02 'TIIE BAIL been ee interested Inc the strange message which Miss dlorstaa had received, tha-t she bad sat un in the hope of her return. She opened the door heraelf, middle-aged, grace- ful woman, and it gave me joy to see how tenderly her arm stole around the other's waist and how motherly was the voice in which she greeted her. She was alearly no mere paid. dependant, but an honoredfriend. I was introduced, and Mrs. Forrester earnestly begged me to Step in and to tell her our adventures, I explained, how- ever, the importance of my errand, and promised faithfully to cell and report any progress which we might make with the case. As we drove away I stole a glance back, and I still seem to see that little group on the step, the two graceful, clinging figures, the half -opened door, the had light shining through stained glass, the barometer, and, the bright stale- r*. It was soothing to cittch even that passing glimpse of a tranquil English home in the midst of the wild, dark business which had absorbed us. And the more I thought of what had happened, the wilder and darker it grew. I reviewed the whole extraordinary se- quence of tweeds as I rattled on through the silent gas -lit streets, There was the origi- nal problem : that at least was pretty clear now. The death of Captaio Morstan, the sending of the peels, the advertisement, the letter,—we had had light upon all those events. They bad ouly led us, however, to a deeper and far more tragic mystery, The Indian treasure, the =done plea found among Morstan'e baggage, thestrangnseene at Major Sholtes death, the rediscovery of the treasure immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer, the very singular accompaniment of the ecime, the footsteps, the remarkable weapons, the words upon t;he card, corresponding with those upon Captain Morstan's chart, —here was indeed a labyrinth in which a man less singularly endowed than my fellow -lodger might well despair of ever finding the clue. Pinchin Lane was a row of shabby two - storied houses in the lower quarter of Lam- beth. I had to knook for some time a No. a before I could make any impression. At last, however, there was the glint of a can- dle behind the blind, and a face looked out at the upper window, "Go on, you drunkeit vagabone," said the face. "11 you kick up any snore row I'll open the kennels and let out forty-three dogs upon you." If you'll let oue out it's just what I have come for," said I. Go on 1" yelled the voice. "So help me gracious, I have it wiper in this bag, ea' I'll drop it on your 'earl if you don't hook it" But I want a, dog," I cried. "1 won't be gagned with 1" slionteadMr. Sigternan!'tk isi.iaana clear; for when I say 'three,' down goes the wiper." Mr. Saerlock Holies—" I began, but the words had it most magical effect, for the window instantly slammed down, and. with- in a minute the door was unbarred and open. Mr. Sherman was a lanky, lean old man, with stooping shoulders, it stringy neck, and blue -tinted glasses. " A friend of Mr. Sherlock is always me -keine," said he. " Step in, sir. Keep clear of the badger ; for Ile bites. Ali, naughty, naughty, would you take a nip at dsaatteeette wklo to oattozt which thrust its wicked head and. red eyebe- tween the bars of its cage. "Don't mind that, sir ; it's only a slow -worm. It llama got no fangs, so I gives it run o' the room, for it keeps the beetles down. You must not mind my bein.' just a little short wi' you ,at first, for Pm guyed at by the children, and there's many a ono just conics down this lane to knock me up. What was it that Mr. Sherlock Holmes wanted, sir ?" " lie wanted a dog of yours." "Ah 1 that -would be Toby." "Yes, Toby was the name." " Toby lives at No. 7 on the left here. He moved lorward with his eandle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him. lathe uncertain, shad- owy light I could see dimly that there were glancing glimmering eyes peeping down at us from every cranny and corner. Even the rafters above our heads were lined by solemn fowls, who lazily shifted their weight trom one leg to the other as our voices disturbed their slumbers. Toby proved to be an ugly, long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half lurelier, brown -and -white in color, with a very clumsy waddling gait. It actepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar which the old naturalist banded to me, and, hav- ing thus sealed an alliance, it followed me to the cab, and made no difficulties about . ,accompepying me. It had just struck three 'On the, Palace clock when I found myself %leak once more se Pondicherry Lodge. The el. -prize-fighter McMurdo had, I found, 'ben arrested as an eccessory, and both he ?bnd Mr. Sholto had been marched off to the Citatioe. Two constables guarded the nar-' ow gate, but they allowed me to'pass witis. the dog coo my mentioning the deteetiVeTe name. Helmet was standing on, the door stett, with his hands In his pockets,. tonekingettie Oee;edeee 4'"": ,y011 have him...A*64.'04d. he, over to that flap -window and emelt the edge of the wood -work? I shall Stay ovethere, as I have this handkerchief in iny hand." I did as he directed, and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry smelt . " That is where he put 'his foot in getting out, lf you cen trage Idin I should. think that Toby will have no diffieulty. New run downstairs, loose the dog, and look out for Blond in. By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof, and 1 could see him like an enormousglow- worm crawling very slowly along the ridge. I lost sight of him behind a stack of chim- neys, but he presently reappeared, and then vanished once more upon the opposite side. When I made my way round there" found him seated a,t one of the corner eaves. That you Watson?" he cried. yeed, "This is the place. What is that black thing dowu there ?" "A water -barrel." "Top ,on it?" "Yes. ' "No sigo of a ladder?" "Confound the fellow ! It's a most break- neck place. I ought to be able to some down where he could climb up. The water -pipe feels pretty firm. Here goes, anyhow." There was a scuffling of feet, and the lan- tern began to come steadily down the side of the wall. Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth. "It was easy to follow him," he soid dra,eving on his stockings and boots. "Tiles were loosened the whole way along, and in his hurry he had dropped this. It confirms mv diagnesis;as you doctors express it." "The obje which he held up to me NSA a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads struug round ib. In shape and size it was not un- like a cigarette -case. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood, eller') at one end and rounded at the other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto. "They are hellish things," said he. "Look out that you don't prick yourself. I'm delighted to have them, for the chances are that they are all he has. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long. I would sooner face a Martini bullet, myself. Are you game for a six -mile trudge, Watson ?" "Certainly," I answered. "Your leg will stand it?" "Oh, yes." "Here you are, doggy! Good old Toby 4, Sinell it, Toby, smell it 1" He pushed the creosote handkerchief under the dog's nose, while the creature stood with its fluffy lege separated, and with a mostcomical cock to its head, like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of it famoos vintage. Holmes then, threw the handkerchief to a distance, fas- tened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and led him to the foot ot the water.barrel. The creature stantly broke Into a emcee- lidfitefitight re ulou elps, and, with his nose rthegrotfide it is tail in the air, pattered off upon'the trlJb a pa, which strained his leash most kep 44, epttocit .dog, thea! Athelit*Yletiles hatgenre aye had an iintnehle, display Of energy �u left He hitiVsted not °nip &lotted -4V* etekeeper,e;tke dnhe Inetiati, servant. se tn. oueselves, but foe ` Leave the dog here, and tetip. We tiod to the hall t,ableS and rease en'ded.thetstaifs. The loom Wag awe had eft iteatteektlat elieet had been dred carer tiqe ittittifigerei. 'alteWleattenlookingpelice. mac tfeclined h&tim a the er. t. • ''''441.,encl me your bull's eye, sergeant," Said iny companion. "Now tie this hit, of Card round my neck, se as to'hang it in front of Me. Thatik you. NOW I 11.111St kiett* off my boots and stockings,--s-Just you carry'the down with you, Watson. I am going to do eympablnee anderoy,loye Went out to belt a Beetle clienbing. And dip my eliamdker- oven as my hand had in the gar- Obiefinto the creasote. That will do. Now den. I felt that years of the conven- tionalities of life could not teach me to meitt. conee up in tothe garret with mei know her her sweet, brave nature as had this We elambered up through t e hole. one clay of strange experiences. Yet there Holmes' turned his light once more pon the were two thoughts which settled the words of affection upon my lips. She was weak and helpless, ehaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a disadvantage to obtrude Jove upon her at such a time. Worse Still, she was rich. If Holmes's researches were 'successful, she would be an heiress. Was it fair, was it honorable, that a half -pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look tinon me asa mere vulgar fortune -seek - or? I could nob bear to risk that such a thought should CTOSs her mind, This Agra tnaeitirtell,ierasvpned like an impassable bar - It wee nearly 1,WO o'clock when we reaeh- ed Mrs Cecil Fotreater's. The servants acl ret ired hours ago, but Mrs. Forrester had The police hadebrought a cab ,witeh them, re and in this I teed -fled' Miss, Moreton. back, lieu toiler home. After the , angelic fetehMa ot -hay women, she had borne ttoidele wIth-a calf& e, face as long ns there was some 'one -weaker them hereelf to suppeati, and 1 -had found her bright and placid by the side of the frightened housekeeper. In the cab, how- ever, ell'Pfiee&taewsde weng, than burst into a 'paiisiWi‘ef '---Itisobetely had she been tried. by the adventarTe of , the night She has told me sineedtlia.t she thought me cold and distant upon that journey. She little guessed the struggle within my breast, or the effOtt of self-restraint which held me -back. My footsteps en the dust , "I wish you particularly to not" e these footmarks, he Said. "Do you obs rye any- thing noteworthy about them ?" "They belong," I said; "to a c ild or a amali ." "Apart from their size, thought Is there nothing else?" ti "l'hey appear to be much as oter foot- marks." "Not at all. Look here ! Tile is the print of a right foot in the dust Now f make one wi to my naked foot eside it. What is the chief difference?" i "Your toes are all cramped together. di- vided." The other print has each toe dis,inctly "Quiee so. That is the point. Bea,r that in mind. Now, would you kiedly step our speed. The east had been gradually whitening, and. we dlihid now see scene distance in the cold gray light. The square, massive house, with its black, empty windows and high, bare walls, towered up, sad and forlorn, behind us. Our course ledright across the grounds, in and out among the trenches and pits with which they were scarred and in- tersected. The whole place, with its scat- tered dirt -heaps and ill -grown shrubs had a blighted, ill-omened look which hannord ized with the bleck tragedy which hung over it. On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along, whining eagerly, underueath its shadow, and stopped finally in a corner screened by a young beech, Where the two wane joined, several bricks had been loos. ened, and the crevices left were worn down and rounded upon the lower side, as though they had been frectuently used as a ladder. Holmes clambered up, and, taking the dog from me,he dropped it over upon the other side. "Theres the print of wooden -leg's hand," he remarked, as I mounted up beside. Ittm. "You see the slight, smudge of blood upotol. the white plaster'What a lucky thtfeit is that we have had no very heavy; ream since yesterday! The scent will lie upon the road in spite of their eight -and -twenty hours start." I confess that I lied my doubts myself when I refleetedupon thegreattraffic which had. passed alongtheLoodouroad inthe inter- vaL My fears were soon appeased, however. Toby never hesitated or swerved, but wad- dled on in his peculiar rolling fashion: Clearly, the pungent smell of ,the creasote rose high above all other contending scents. "Do not imagine," said Holmes, "that I depend for my RUCCOSS 1nthis-case upon the mere chance of oue of these fellows having put his foot in the 011eMiCal. I haye knowl- edge now which would enable me to trace Munn iamsnydbTcrent ways. This, how- ever, is the readtestdand, since fortune has put it alto our hands, 1 should be culpable 4f,„ 'ne1cted it. It has, however, prevent- troj the case from becoming the pretty little intellectuel problem which it at one time promisee' to be. There might have been some credit to be gained out of it, but for thie too palpable clue.". "There is credit, an to spare," said I, "I assure yott, HI:times, that I marvel at the Means by which you obtain your re- sults in thia case even more than ''I did i the Jefferson Hope morder',' The thing seems to me to be deeper and' more inex- plitiable for example, could yoit tactibe , With, such confidence' the woeden- legged man ?". , "Pshaw, my dear bey 1 it was simplicity itself. I don't wish to be theatrical. It'is all patent and above -board: Two officers who are in command‘ of :thee.00nvict-gdard learn an important secret as to buried treasure.' A map is drewn talent by an Englishman named Jonathan Small. You remember' that we saw the name uponthe chart in t3a,ptain Merstan's poneetion. , He had signed it. in behalf of himself and his aseocates, —the sigh of ttai font, as he some- what drametically celled. is :Aided by this chart the officers —or one of them—gets the treaeore and brings it to England; leav- ing, we will siippoee, some conclitien under Which he received it einfuldlled, Now, then, why clid not Jonathan Small get the treasure himself? The answer is obvious. The cha,A is dated at a time when Morstan was brought into close association with con- victs,. Jonathan Sinall did net, get the treasure because he and his associates were themselves convicts awl could not get away." "But this is mere speculation," said I. "It isemore than that. It is the only hypothesis which covers the fact. Let us see how it fits in with the sequel. Major Sholto remains at peace for some years, happy in the possession of his treasure. Then lie reZeives a letter from India which gives him a great fright What wies that ?" " A letter to say that the men whom he tied wronged had been set free," "Or had escaped. That is much more likely; for he would have known what their term of imprisonment was. It would not have been e, surprise to Min. &palest a wooden -legged man, --it white What does he do thea? Ile guards himself . I incorporated 1887 man, mark you, for he mistakes a white tradesman for him, end actually fires a pistol at him. Now, only one white inam's mune is os the chart. The others are Hine (loos or Moliammedaus. There is no other white man. Therefore we ina.y say with Confidence that the wooden -legged men is identical with 3 oeitthan Small, Does the reasoning strike you as being faulty?" "No ; it is clear and concise." " Well now, let us put ourselves in the place ofJonathan Small. Let us look at it from hie point of view. He comes to Eng- land with the double idea of regainin e what he would, consider to be his rights ancl of havine his revenge upon the roan who had wronged him. Ile found out where Sholto lived, and very possibly he esteblishea communications with some one inside the house. There is this butler, Lai Reo, whom we hese not seen. Mrs. /3ernstone gives hint far from a good character. Small eould roe find out, how- ever, where the treasure was hid, for no one ever knew, save the major and one faithful servant who had died. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death- bed. In a frenzy lest the secret of the treasure die with him, he runs the gauutlet of the ouards, wakes his wee, to the dying man's wiedow, and is only deterred from metering by the presence ot his two sons. elad with hate, however, against the dead man, he enters the room that night, search- es his private papers in the hops of discover- ing some memorandum relating to the treas- ure, and finatly leaves a memento of his visit in the short inscription upon the card. Ile had. doubtlessplanued beforehand that should he slay Owe major he would leave some such record upon the body as it sign that it was not a common murder, but, from the point of view of the four associates, something in the nature of an act of justice. Whimsical and bizarre conceits of this kind. are coin mon enough in the annals of crime, and usually afford valuable indications as to the criminal. Do you follow all this?" "Very clearly." "Now, what could Jonathan Smell do? Ile could only continue to keep a secret watch upon the efforts made to find the treasure. Possibly he leaves Englaud and only comes back at interval& Theircomes the discovery of the garret, and he is in- stantly informed of it, We again trace the presence of some confederate m the house- hold. Jonathan, with his wooden leg, ie utterly unable to reach the lofty room of Bartholomew Sholto, He takes with him, however, it rather curious associate, who gets over this difficulty, but dips his naked foot into creasote, whence ettme Toby, and a six -mile limp for a half -,pay officer with it damaged tendo Achillisd "But it -was the associate, and not Jona- than, who committed the crime." "Quito so. And rather to Jonathan's disgust, to judge by the way he stamped about when he get into the room. Ho bore rudge against Berthnlomew Sholto, and tild-lt preferred e could hevo 1 been simply mid and gagged. Ile did. not wish to pa, irh xis head in re halter. There was no help. for it, however: the savage in- stincts of his companion heal broken out, and the poison had done its work:so Jona- than Small loft his record, lowerecl the treasure -box to the ground, and followed it himself.' That was the train, of events as far as I can decipher them. Of course as to his personal appearanee he must be middle-aged, and must be sunburned after serving Ins time in such an oven as the An- daman -s. His height :a readily calculated from the length of his stride, and we know that he was bearded. His hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he saw him at the window. I don't know that there is any- thing,,Tleielsae.a's'oeiste ,t,, "Alt, well, there is no great mystery in that. Itut you will know all about it soon enough. How sweet the morning air is I See how that one, little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo, Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the Loodon cloud-bauk. It shines on a good many felk, but on. none, I dare bet, who are ona stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence • of the great ele- mental forces of nature! Are you well up in yoot Jean Paul?" "Fairly so. I worked bank to him through Carlyle." , "That was like following the brook to the parent lake. He makes one curious but profound remark. It is that the chief proof of nian's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallnese. ' It argues, you see, a power of coznparison and of appreciation which is in itself a proof of nobility. There is much food for thought in Richter. You have not a pistol, have you?" "I have mrstiek." "Ib is just possible that we may need something Of the sort if we get to their lair. Jonathan I shall leave to you, but if the other turns, nasty I shall shoot him dead." He took out his revolver as he spoke, and, having loaded two of the -chambers, lie put it back into the right-hand pocket of his jacket. . We bad traversed Streatham, Brixton, Camberwell, and now found ourselves in Kennington Lane, having borne away throcigh the gide etreet to the east of the Oval. The men whom we pursued seemed to have taken a curiously zigzag toad with he idea prieba,bly of escaping obtervation. They haa.flever kept to the main road if a.parallel Ade -street weuldserve their turn. aAt the feet otKeimington Lane , they had edged ,away,tie the left through 'Bend Stteet and Miles Streete. Where the latter' street toms, into Knight'splae,TAY ceased 'to ad- vance, but began to run baCkwards mid- for- wards with one eat coek'Od and the other drooping, the very efiettire of canine nide- `cision. 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The staves of the barrel and the wheels of the trolly were smeared with a dark liquid, and. the whole air was heavy with the emelt of creasote, Sherlock Holmes and I lolleed blankly ati - each other, and then baratitmultimeonsly into an uncontrollable fit ottlaughter, (To BE OONTISUlb.) The 0 .eatt's Floor. Atter four years of sounding, dred . etc., the expeditions sent out uncle auspices of the British Government for purpose of mapping the fluor of the a e stis published itateport and unfOlded4 aps Sp the citrious gaze of theeolaagelubbers." They show that,. thci *taantle if drained would be it vast plain with a mountain range hear the middle running parallel with our coat. Another range intersects this first, almost at right angles- and croems from Newfoundland to Ireland. The Atlantic accordiug to these soundings and maps is thus divided into three great basins but they are no longer set down as " unfathomed depths," The tops, of most of these see mountains are about two mike below the surface and the deepest of the basins two and a half miles deeper. Accord- ing to Reclus, the tops of these mountains are as ...white as though they were lying- in the region of perpetual snow, the cause being *countless numbers of a species of pure white shell which literally cover what would otherwise be jagged surfaces. There is a queer old legend which comes down to us hem the time of Solon and Plato according to which, in the early agee of the world a continent extended from tha West coast of Africa far out toward what is no w South America. These recent scien- tific deep sea aceindings cast much light on this old tradibion. According to their re- port they found' "an elevekeci plateau the shape and extent of whieirtseparesponds to the size of the lostAtlaittis atireost exactly," , What if nineteenth century ingenuity should fish up' the vast continent. which. Maroon says was "'lost in a fearful cata- clysni'before the dawn of present hietory ?'" Leal) Year Fancies: tlie ancient Romans cotisideredthe hie- sextile or "leap day" one of thee nnoste, - erninons in their calendar, always rectde ing it in, their category of "unlucky, days," That these old aupefatitions have pot by ariy meanefallen to the rear throbgli the lapse of centuries is evidenced by the deep rooted dislike the present Roman mother has against having a child born upon that day, it being a popular notion, not only in Itopie,but all over Italy, 'Austria, Hun- , gary, andemany, other SoittlatiaStern Eurod peen countriee, that spoli an unIticky chty is given the child as a token of its speedy exit from the woad. , A variety of this superstitioe exista,„,in • Tuscany. According to Tuscan lone -lore, a child born on February 29 will not live to see another "leap day ;" or if it does; it evill be motherless. In Austria if the child, liveto reach its majority the peaeantry believe that in case the,obnoxious being, is of the male sex, he will become a robber, especially if born in tho afternoon el leap day; but, on the other hand, should tench a person have the doubtfel honor of being born in the forenoon there is a chenae that he will become a great man. All Lsborn that day becomes witches. Ethel—"Yee, unele, dear George !teepee. ed five times before I finally acceptcd. zurri." Uncle—"Er—what you mitt 0,4 4.41 shaken before taken."