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CHAPTER I
Was or DED'UCTION. ~ ’
H E R L 0 C K-
HOLMES took
his bottle from
piece {and 111's.
hypodermic
its neat moroc-
co case. With
hislong, white,
— ,ner-xzousfingers
' he adjusted the
' delicat c n .e e 1
dle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.
For some little time his eyes rested
thoughtfully upon the sincwy fore-'
arm and waist all dotted and scarred
with innumerable puncturc_marks.
Finally 11c thiust the sharp 'point
homc,prc.=13ed down the tiny piston,
and sank back into the velvet— lined'
armchair w ith a long sigh of satisfac-
tion.
Three times a day for many months
I had witnessed this performance, but
custom had not reconciled my mind to
it. On the contrary, from day to day
I had ' become more. irritable at the ,
sight. and myco'nscicncc swallednight--
13' within me at the thought that 1 had
lacked the courage to protest. Again
and again I had registered a vow that
I should deliver my soul upon the sub-
jcct. but there was that in the cool,
nonclialant air of my companionwhich
made him the last man with whom one .
would care to take anything approach-
ing to a liberty. His great powers
which I had had of his many extraorJ
dinary qualities. all made me diffident
and‘liuckward in crossing him.
Yet upon that afternoon, whether it
was the llcaune which I had‘taken with
my lunch. or the additional exaspera-
tion rod need by the extr cme delibe1a-
110an his manner, 1 suddenly felt that
I could hold out no longer.
“Which is it to—day. “” l asked—~“mor4
13111111 or cocaine?"
He raised his eyes languidly from the
old black letter volume which he had
opened. “It is cocaine, he said,
seven per cent. solution. ll ould you
care to try it?"
"No. indeed " I answered, brusquelv
'My constitution has not got over the
Afghan campaign 3et. I cannot afford
to throw any e\ be strain upon it. ” :
He smiled at my vehemence. “Per-
haps you are right, Watson,” he said.
“I suppose that its influence is physic-
ally to bad one. I find it,
so transcendently stimulating and
clarifying to the mind that its sec-
ondary action is a matter of small mo-
, ment.”
“But consider!” I said, earnestly.
“Count the costl. Your brain may, as
you say, be roused and excited, but it
is a pathological and morbid process,
which involves increased tissue-change
and may at last leave a permanent
weakness. You know, too, what a
black reaction comes upon you. Surely
the game is hardly worth the candle.
Why should you, for a mere passing
pleasure, risk the loss of those great
powers with which you have been on-
(lowed?
only as one comrade to another, but as
a. medical man to one for whose con—
stitution he is to some extent answer-
able."
He did not seem offended. On the
contrary, he put his finger-tips to-
gether and leaned his elbows on the
arms of his chair. like one who has a
relish for conversation.
“My mind," he said, “rebels at stag-
" nation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me the most abstruse-
~ I
MM” 1 review"
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I
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“MY MIND REBELS AT STAGNATION.” '
cryptogram- or the most intricate
analysis, and I am in my own proper.
1 can dispense then with
artificial stimulants. But I abhor the
dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation. That is why I have
chosen my own particular profession—
or rather created it, for I am the only
' one in the world.” _
“The only unofficial detective?” I
said, raising my eyebrows.
“The only unofl‘c1al consulting de-
tective,’ ’ he answered. “I am the last
atmosphere.
and highest court of appeal in detect
tion. When Gregson or Lestradc or
- Athelney J ones are out of their depths
--which, by the way, is their normal
state—the matter is laid before me. 'I
, examine the (111.11, as an expert, and pro- ’
nouncc a specialist’s opinion. _ I claim
no credit in such cases. My name fig-
ures in no newspaper. The work itself,
,. the pleasure of finding a field for my
" peculiar powers, is my lalrighest reward.
But you have 3' ourself had some experi-
5bi'ochure with the somewhat fantastic
the corner" of,
title of‘ 4 A Study in Scarlet. ’ ”
'the m a 11 tel-,-".'
syringéx,;f r o m '
sin-s if you 11'01l1ed :1 love steiy or an
,, his "nursing my .wounded leg.
masterlymanner, and the experience:
however,
Remember that I speak not
' tween the black ash of a Trichinopoly
. of impresses.
weary you with my hobby".
. Surely the one to some extent implies
encegof my. methods of work in the
J efi‘er son Hope case." '
. “Yes, indeed,” said I, cordially. “I
was never so struck by anytliing'in my
life. I 'even. embodied it in' a small
He shook his head sadly. “I glanced
over it," said he. "Honestly,1 cannot
congratiflate you upon it. Detection
is, or ought tobe, an exact science, and
should be treated in the same cold and
unemotional manner. You have at«
tempted to tinge it 111 th romanticism,
which produces much the Same ciicct
elop'ement into the fifth proposition of
Euclid.’ ' .
“But the romance was there,” I re-
monstrated. “I could not tamper with
the facts.”
“Some facts should be suppressed, or
at»- least a just sense of proportmn
should be observed in treating: them.
Theonly point in the case which dc- .
serve‘d mention was the curious;- :m‘a-
lytical reasoning from effects to causes .
by 11 hich I succeeded in um avcling it.’ "
" I was annoyed at this criticism of :1.
110111 1'1hich had been specially de-
signed to please him. I confess, too,
that I was irritated by the cgotism
which seemed to demand.that every
line of my pamphlet sliould be devoted
to his own special doings. More than
once during the years that I had lived
with him in Baker street I had ob-
served that a small vanityundcrlay m1;
companion ’s quiet and didactic manner.
I made no remark, however, but sat
I had hada
Jezail bullet though it sometime be-
IO“), and though it did not prevent me
from w alking. it ached wearily at
every change of the weather. -
“My practice has extended recently
to'th‘e continent," said llol1ncs,..after
awhile, filling up his old br'icrsroot
pipe. “I was'consultcd last week by
Francois Le Villard, who, as you prob-
ably know, has come rather to the
front lately in 'the French detective
service.' He has all the Celtic power of
quick intuition, but he is deficient in
the wide range of exact knowledge
which is essential to the higher devel-
opments of his art. T115555: was con~
cerned with a will, and possessed some ' .
features of interest.
I was able to re-
fe'r him to two parallel IcaScsfiithe one
at Riga in51857, and the other at St.
Louis in 1871, which have suggested to
him the true solution. Here is the let-
ter which I had this morning, acknowl'é
edging my assistance.” lle tossed over,
as he spoke, a crumpled sheet of for-
eign notepaper. I glanced my eyes
down it, catching a profusion of- notes
of admiration, with stray “magni-
fiques,” “coup dc maitres” and “tours
de force,” all testifying. to the ardent
admiration of the Frenchman.
"He speaks as a pupil to his master,”
said I.
‘Oh, he rates my assistance too high-
ly,"- said Sherlock Holmes, lightly.
"He has considerable gifts himself. He
possesscs'two out of the three quali-
ties necessary for the ideal detective.
He has the power of observation and
that of deduction. lie is only wanting
in knowledge; and that may come in
time. He 1s 110w translating my small
works into F reneh.”
“Your “0111's?”
“011, didn’t you know. he cried,
laughing. “‘1‘ es, 1 have been guilty of
several monographs. They are all
upon technical subjects. Here, for ex-
ample, is one ‘Upon the Distinction Be-
tween the Ashes of the Various Tobac-
cees.’ In it I enumerate a hundred
and forty forms of cigar, cigarette and
pipe tobacco, with colored plates illus-
trating the difference in the ash. It
is a point which is continually turning
up in criminal trials, and which is
sometimes of supreme importance as a
clew. If you can say definitely, for ex-
ample, that some murder has been
done bya man who was smoking an
Indian lunkah, it obviously narrows
your field of search. To the trained
eye there is as much difference be-
A)”
and the white tluii’ of. bird‘s-eye as there
is betweena cabbage and a potato.”
”‘You have an extraordinary genius
for minutiae.” I remarked.
.1 “I appreciate their importance. Here
is my monograph upon the tracing of
footsteps, with some remarks upon the
uses ofplaster of . Paris as a prescrver
Here, too, is a curious
little work upon the influence of a
trade upon the form of the hand, with
the lithotypcs of the hands of slaters,
sailors, cork-cutters, compositors, weav-
ers and diamond polishers- That is a
matter of great practical interest to the
scientific detective,—especially in cases
of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering
the antecedents of c1imiuals. But I
“Not at all,” I answered, earnestly
“It is of the greatest interest to me, es-
pecially since l'xliave had the oppor-
tunity of observing your practical ap-
plication of it. But you spoke just
now of observation and deduction.
the other.”
1‘ Why. hardly,” he answered, leaning
back luxuriously in hisarm-chair, and
sending up thick b'lue wreaths from'
his pipe. “For example, observation
shows me that you have been to the
Wigmore street post office this morn—
ing, but deduction lets me know. that;
when there you despa ehed a tele-.
r11 am. ”
"Right!” said 1. “Right on both]
points! ButI confess thatl don’t. see
how you arriVed at it. It was a sudden
I. , . . ‘
impulse upon my part, and I have men- .
tioned it to no one. _
“It is simplicity itself, " he. remarked, 7
chuckling at my surprise—.—“so absurd-
ly simple'that an explanation isisupcr-
fluous; and yet it may serve to define the
, limits of observation and of deduction.
Observation tells me that you have a
little reddish mould adhermg t'o'y'our
instep. Just opposite the Seymour
,Astreet office they have taken up the
pavement and thrown .up some earth
which lies in‘ such a way that it is diffi-
cult to avoid treading in'it in entering.
The earth is of this peculiar reddish
tint which is fen; d, as far as 'I know, 1
nowhere else 111.51" etneighborhood. So
much is observation. The rest is de-
duction.”
“How, then, did you deduce the tele-
gram?”
“Why, of course' I'k‘new that yen
had not written a letter, since I satop-
posite to you all morning. I'see also
in your open desk theie that you have
a sheet of stamps and a thick bundle
of post-cards. What could you go into
the post olilce for, then, but to send 11.
wire? Eliminate all other factors, and;
the one which remains must be the
truth.
“In this case it certainly is so,” I re-
plied, after a little thought.
thi ',r1' howevei, is, as you say, of the
simplest. Would you think me impel-
tinent if I were to put'your theories to.
a more severe test?”
"0n the contrary,”'he anstered,"‘it
would prevent me from taking a sec-
ond dose of cocaine.
you might submit to 'i‘neg”
"I have hea1d you say that it is diffi-
cult 'for a man to have any object in
daily use without leaving the impress
of his individuality upon it in such a
way that a trained observer might
read it. 301v,
SCSSI 011.
I handed him 'over the watch, with
some slight feeling of amusement in
my heart, for the test was. as I thought,
an impossible one, and] intended it as
a lesson against the
matic
sumed.
hand,
tone which he occasionally as—
lle balancedthe watch in his
HE BALANCED_ THE W'ATCH IN HIS IIABD.
the back, and examined the werks,.
first with his naked eyes and then
with a powerful convex lens. I could
hardly keep Irom smiling at his crest-
fallen face when he finally snapped
the case to and handed it back.
“T here are hardly any data," he re-
marked. ~
“You are right.” I answered. “It was
cleaned before being sent to me.” In
my heart I accused my companion
of putting forward a most lame and
impotentexcuse to cover his failure.
What data could he expect from an un-
cleaned watch?
“Though unsatisfactory my research
has not been entirely barren,” he ob-
served, staring up at the ceiling with
dreamy, lack-luster eyes. “‘ ‘ubject to
your correction, I should judge ‘hat
the watch belonged to your elder
brother, who inherited it from your fa-
ther.”
“That you gather, no doubt, from
the H. W. upon the back?”
“Quite so. The W. suggests your
own name. The date of the watch is
nearly fifty years back, and the initials
are as old as the watch; so it was made
for the last generation. 'Jewclry usu-'
ally'descends to the eldest son, and he
is most likely to have the same name
as the father. Your father has, if (I
remember right, been dead many years.
.It has, therefore, been in the hands of
your eldest brother.”
“Right, so far,” said 'I.
else?”
“He was a man ‘of untidy habits——
very untidy and careless. He was left
with good prospects, but he throw
away his chances, lived for some time
in poverty, with occasional short inter-
vals of prosperity, and finally, taking
to drink, he died. That is all I can'
gather.”
I sprang from my chair and limped
impatiently about the room with con-
siderable bitterneSs in my heart.
“This is unworthy of yon, Holmes,” I
said. “I could not have believed. that
you would have descended to this. You
have made inquiries into the history of
my unhappy brother, and you now pre-
tend to deducethis knowledge in some
fanciful way. You cannot expect me
to believe that you have read all this
from his old watch! It is unkind, and,
to speak plainly, has a touch of charla~
tanism in it.” '
“My dear doctor,” said he, kindly,
“pray accept my apologies. Viewing
the matter as an abstract problem,I
had fergotten how personal and pain-
ful a, thing it might be to you. I assure
you, however, that I never even knew
that you had a brother until you
“Anything ,
- handed me the watch.”
“Then how in thename’ of all that is
wonderful did you get these facts?
They are absolutely correct in every
particular.”
“Ali, that' is good luck. I could only
say what was the balance of probabil-
ity. I did not at all expect to be so ac-
curate.” -
0
“The -
I should be de- '
' lighted to look into any problem which
I have here a watch;
which has recently come into my pose;
Would you have the kindfiess‘lj'
to let me have an opinion upon the'
character or habits of the late owner?" "
‘ not live without brain work.
somewhat dog--‘
gazed hard at the dial, opened
"“Izl'um'
1 name.
“The watch has been recent-
ly cleaned, which robs me of my most -
11 suggestive facts.”
some slight service to her.
.cut,hawk-1ike features.
“But it was not mere guess work?” -
“N o, no;.-I never guess. It is a shock-
I-ing' habit-destructive to the logical
faculty. 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. For example, I began by .stat-
" ing that your brother was careless.
When you observe the lower part of
that watch case you notice that it is not
only dinted in two places, but it is cut
and marked all over from the habit of
keeping other hard objects, such as
coins or keys, in the same pocket.
Surely it is no great feat to assume that
a man who treats a fifty- guinea watch
so cavalierly must be a careless man.
Neither iS'it a very far-fetched infer-
ence that a man who inherits- one ar-
ticle of such value is pretty well pro-
vided. for in other respects. '“
I nodded to show that I followed his
reasoning.
“It is very customary for pawn-
brokers in England, when they take a
watch, to scratch the number of the
ticket with a pin point upon the inside.
of the case. It is more handy than the
label, as there is no risk of the number
being lost 'or transposed. There are no
less than four such numbers visible to
my lens on the inside of this case. I n-
ference—that your brother was often
at low water. Secondary inference——
that he had occasional bursts of pros-
perity, or he could not have redeemed
the pledge. Finally, I askyou to look
at the inner plate, which contains the
key-hole. Look at the thousands of
scratches all round the hole—marks
where the key has slipped. that sober
man’s key could have scored those
grooves? But you will never see a
r-drunkard’s watch without them. He
_ winds it at night, and he leaves these
traces of his unsteady hand. Where is
the mystery in all this?”
' “It is clear as daylight.” I answered.
“I regret the injustice which I did you.
I should have had more faith in your
marvelous faculty. May] ask whether
you have any professional inquiry on
foot at present?”
“None. Ilencc the cocaine. I can-
What
. else is there to live for? Stand at the
window here. IV as there over such a
dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See
how the yellow fog swirls down the
street and drifts across duu~colorcd
houses. \Vhat could be more hopeless-
ly prosaic and material? What is the
use of having powers. doctor. when one-
has no field upon which to exert them?
Crime is commonplace and existence is
commonplace and no qualities save.
those which are commonplace have any ,
r funetion upon earth.”
I had opened my mouth to reply to
”this tiradc, ”when, with a crisp knock,
"our landlady entered, bearing a card
’ ' upon the braSs salver.
“A young lady for you, sir,” she said,
addressing my companion.
“Miss“ Mary Morstan,” he read.
I have no 1'.ccolleciion of the-
Ask the young 111113 to step up,
1115111111503- Don 1. 35,5 doctor. I shall
prefer that you remain. 2. ' -
“ - ‘ ' CHAPTER '11.
1. .Miss Morstan entered the room with.
a firm step and'an outward composure
“of manner. She was a blondc young.
"lady,- small, dainty, well gloved, and
"dressed, in the... most perfect taste.
.L'There was, however, a plainess and
simplicity about her costume which.
bore with it a suggestion of limited.
‘means. The dress was a somber graye
.ish beige, untrimmed and unbraided,
and she. wore a small turban of the.-
same dull hue, rel‘mved only by a 5115*
. picion of white feather in the/side. Her
"face had neither regularity of feature-
'nor beauty of complexion, but her ex-
pression was sweet and amiable, and ,
her large blue eyes were singularly
Spiritual and sympathetic. In an ex--»
pericnce of women which extends over'
many nations and three separate con-~
tinents, I have never looked upon a.
face which gave a clearer promise of a.
refined and s'ei'"'*ive nature. I could.
not but observ ' she took the:
seat which Sin 1es placed for
her, her lip tr 1' hand quiv-
cred, and she 1 ry sign of in~-
tense inward
“I have c011
she said, “hi
my employer,
311'. Holmes,”
once .enablcd.
llj‘orrester, to _
AM SURE, EXCUSE MEI”.
"‘rou WILL, I
unravel a little domestic complication.
She was much impressed‘by your kind-
ness and skill.” -
“Mrs. Cecil Forr’ester, ’ he repeated,
thoughtfully. “I believe that I was of
The case, '
however, as I remember it, was a. very
simple one’
_ “She did not think so. But at least-
you cannot say the same of mine. I
can hardly imagine anything more
strange, more utterly ninexplicable,
than the situation' in which I find my- 7
self. ” j
Holmes rubbed his hands, and his
eyes glistenedp He leaned forward in.
. his chair with an expression of extraor—
dinary concentration upon his clear-
“State your
case,’ ’said he,‘ in brisk, business tones.
I :felt that my position was an em-
bai‘i‘assing one “You .vill, I am sure,
excuse me,” I said, rising from my
chair’. .
up her gloved hand to detain me.
'I‘IIE STATEMENT OF Tm; c.1312. I _
' by an expert to be of a rare variety and
. swered.
“If
your friend,” she said,‘ 'would be good
enough ‘to ‘stop, he might be of inestim-
able service to me.
I relapsed into my chair.
‘ Briefly ” she continued, “the facts
are these: My father was an officer in
an Indian regiment who sent me home
when I was quite a child. My mother
was dead an :1 I had no relative in Eng-
land. I 1"". ..s placed, however, in a
comfortable boarding establishment at'
Edinburgh, and there I remained until
I was seventeen years of age. In the
year 1878 my father, who was senior
captain of his regiment, 1 obtained
twelve months’ leave and came home.
He telegraphed to me from London
that he had arrived all safe. and di-
rected me to come down at once, giving
the Langham hotel as his address. His
message, as I remember, was full of
kindness and love. On reaching Lon-
don I drqve 'to the Langham, and was
informed that Capt. Morstan was stay-
ing there,but that he had gone out the
night before and had .not returned. I
waited all day without news of him.
That night, on the advice of the man-
ager of the hotel, I communicated with
the police, and next morning we adver-
tised in all the papers. Our inqulrles
led to no result; and from that day to
this no word has ever been heard of
my unfortuna to father. He came home
with his heart full of hope, to find
some peace, some comfort, and in-
stead——" She put her hand to her
throat, and a- choking sob cut short the
sentence.
“The date?” asked Holmes, opening
his notebook.
“He disappeared upon the 3d of De-
cember,1878_—nearly ten years ago.”
“ His luggage? ‘
“Remained at the hotel. Th re was
nothing in it to suggest a clew ——some
books, and a con: 'ideiable nun 1be1' of
curiosities from the Andaman islands.
1 his long letters,” he said.
away. Standing" at the window, I
watched her walking briskly down the
street, until the gray turban" and white
feather were but a speck‘ in' the somber
crowd.
exclaimed, turning to my companion.
He had lit his pipe again, and was
leaning back with drooping eyelids.
“Is she?” he said, languidly. “I did not
observe.”
“Y on really are an automatonara cal-
culating machine!” I cried. “There is
something positively inhuman in you
at times.”
He smiled gently.
importance," he said,
your judgment to be biased by per-
sonal qualities. A client' 18 to me a mere
nnit—a factor in a problem. The emo-
tional qdalities are antagonistic to clear
reasoning. I assure you that. the most
winning woman I ever knew was
hanged for poisoning three little chil-
dren for their insurance money, and
the most repellent man of my acQuaint-
ance is a. philanthropist who has spent
nearly a quarter of a million upon the
London poor.
“In this case, however—” _ .
“I never make exceptions. An ex-
ception disproves the rule. Have you
ever had occasion to study character in-
handwriting? What do you make ,of
this fellow’s‘ scribble?”
"It is legible and regular,” I an-
swered. “A man of business habits and
:some force of character.” /
Holmes shook his head. “Look at
“They hard-.
ly rise above the Common herd. That
1d might be an a, and that 1 an e. Men
of character always differentiate their
“It' 1s of the first
write. There is vacillation inahis k’s
:and self-esteem in his capital's. I am
going out now. I have some few refer-
ences to make. Let me recommend
' this book—one of the most remarkable
He had been one of the officers in
charge of the convict guard there.”
“Had he any friends in town?”
“Only one that we know of—Maj.
Sholto, of his own regiment, the '1 hir-
ty-foui th Bombay infantry. The ma—
jor had 1etired some little time befor, 1 '
We com- i '1
and lived at Upper Norwood.
municated with- him, of course, but he
did not even know that his brother of-
ficer was in England."
‘A singular case,” remarked Holmes.
“I have not yet described to y: in the
most singular part. About six years
ago—to be exact, upon the tiih of May.
1'882—an advertisement apix-ured in the
Times asking for the addrcssof Miss
Mary Morstan, and stating that it
would be to her advantage to come for-
ward. There was no name or address
appended. I had at that time just en-'
tered the family of Mrs. Cecil Forrester
in the capacity of governess. By her
advice I published my address‘ in the
advertisement column. The same day
there arrived through the post '11 small ,
cardboard box addressed to me, which
I found to contain a very large and lus-
trous pearl. No word of writing was
inclosed.‘ Since then. every year, upon
the same date, there has always ap-
peared a similar box, containing a sim-
ilar pearl, without any clew as tothe
sender.- They have been pronounced
of considerable value. You can see for
yourselves that they are very hand-
some.” She openeda flat box as she
spoke, and showed me six of the finest
pearls that I had ever seen.
" 'Your statement is most interest-
ing,” said Sherlock Holmes. “Has any-
thing else occurred to you?” ,
" Yes, and no later than to-day.. That
is why I have come to you. This‘morn-
ing I received this letter, which you
will perhaps read for yourself.”
“Thank you,” said Holmes. "»“The
envelope, too, please. Postmark,1 Lon-
don, S. W.; date, July 7 Hum!
thumbmark on corner—probably post-
man. Best quality paper. .Envelopes
at Sixpence apacket. Particular man
in his statione1y.1\o address. ‘Be at
the third pillar from the left outside
the Lyceum theater to-night at seven
o‘clock. If you are distrustful, bring
two friends. You are a wronged wom-
an, and shall have justice. Do not
bring police. If you do, all will be' in
vain. Your unknown friend.’ vVell,
really, this is a very pretty little mys-
tery.V1hat do y ou intend to do,‘,-Miss
Morstan?’ ’
“That' 15 exactly what I want to ask
you.
“Then we shall most certainly go.
You and I and—yes, why, Dr. \Vat tson '
‘ is the very man.
Your correspondent
says two friends. _ He and I have
worked together before.”
“But would he come?” she asked,
with something appealing in her voice .1
and expression.
“1 should be proud and happy,”
said I, fervently, “if I can be of any
service.
“You are both very kim.’ ’she an-
“I have led a retired life, and
have no friends whomI could app. :11:
to. '
pose?”
1“You must not . be later,”
Holmes. “There is one other point
Is this handwriting the same as that
upon the pearl-box addresses?”
“1 have them here,” she answered,
producing. half a dozen pieces of paper...
"You are certainly a model client.
You have the correct intuition. Let
us see, now.” He spreacIout the paper
upon the table, and gave little darting
glances from one to the other. “They
are disguised hands, except the letter,”
he said, presently, “but there can be no
question as to the authorship. See how
the irrepressible Greek 6 will break
'out, and see the twirl on the final 8.
Theyare undoubtedly by the same per-
son. I should,not like to suggest false
hopes, Miss Morstan, but is there any
resemblance between this hand and
that of your father?” ‘ '
“Nothing could be more unlike.”
“I expected to hear you say so. We
shall look out for you, then, at six.
Pray allow me to-keep the papers. I
may look into the matter before then.
It is only :half-past three. Au revoir,
then.”
“Au ré'voir,’
with a bright,
to the other
Add our visitor, and,
:llxisnd-ly glance from one
'f us, she replaced her,
. T031137 surpris .e..the young lady held, (I pearl box in er bosom and. hurried
7 Martyrdom of Man.’
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ever penned. It is Winwood Reade's
I shall be. back
I sat in the 11 indow with the 'volume
,1 in 'iny hand, but my thoughts were far
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I SAT IN THE WINDOW, VOLUME‘IN HAND.
from the daring speculations of the
writer. My mind ran upon our late
visitor—her Smiles, the deep rich tones
of her voice, the strange mystery which
overhung her life. If she were seven-
teen _at the time of her father‘s disap-
pearance she must be seven-and-twenty
now—a sweet age, when youth has
lost its self-consciousness and become a
little sobered by experience. So I sat
and mused, until such dangerous
thoughts came into my head that I_
hurried away to my desk and plunged
furiously into the latest treatise upon
pathology, What was I, an army sur-
geO‘n with a weak leg anda weaker
banking account, tliat I should dare to
a factor, nothing more. If my future
"were black, it was better surely to face
it like a man than to attempt to bright-
en it by 'me‘e will-o’ -the-wisps of the
imagination.
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