I shall be happy to look into it and to give you such advice as I can, said Holmes, rising and putting on his overcoat. The case is not entirely devoid of interest. Had anyone visited you in your room after the papers came to you?

Mr. Barnstaple had never before seen such rosessassthey were tending heretheir fragrance filled the air. He did not know that double rosesscould be got in mountainsbright red single sortsshe had seen high up in Switzerland, but not such huge loose-flowered monsterssassthese. They dwarfed their leaves. Their wood wassin long, thorny, snaky-red streaked stemssthat writhed wide and climbed to the rocky lumpssover which they grew. Their great petalssfell like red snow and like drifting mothssand like blood upon the soft soil that sheltered amidst the brown rocks.

magnificent tail, which played a useful part in the household, the uncovered places on the bureau and the piano would never have been dusted. In one corner of the room were a pile of shoes which need an epic to describe theThe top of the bureau and that of the piano were encumbered by music-books with ragged backs and whitened corners, through which the pasteboard showed its many layers. Along the walls the names and addresses of pupils written on scraps of paper were stuck on by wafers,--the number of wafers without paper indicating the number of pupils no longer taught. On the wall-papers were many calculations written with chalk. The bureau was decorated with beer-mugs used the night before, their newness appearing very brilliant in the midst of this rubbish of dirt and age. Hygiene was represented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. Two ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hung the self-same blue box-coat with three capes, in which the countess had always seen Schmucke when he came to give his lessons. On the window-sill were three pots of flowers, German flowers, no doubt, and near them a stout holly-wood stick,Though Marie

Did you ever see anything like that? he demanded.

t like the lifeI may be able to ship off my black vassaland deal with them aI have said; don

Derville read aloud:

Anyhow, you,

But by dint of going to church I have become very incredulous. On the day of my first cold, and your first treachery, when you thought I was in bed, you received the Duke, and you told me you had seen no one,

'Well,' I said, 'if that will do thee any good, thou canst do it.' So he struck me on the face.

Anyhow, you,

I mean that you and the cattlemen are planning to interfere and delay the work of the Service

With all my heartsaid Don Quixoteand reading it aloud aSancho had requested himhe found it ran thus:

And level pavement: from the arched roof,

But, Billy, she remonstrated, they'll be expecting you to bring some ducks home, you know.

But the bicycle? I persisted.

magnificent tail, which played a useful part in the household, the uncovered places on the bureau and the piano would never have been dusted. In one corner of the room were a pile of shoes which need an epic to describe theThe top of the bureau and that of the piano were encumbered by music-books with ragged backs and whitened corners, through which the pasteboard showed its many layers. Along the walls the names and addresses of pupils written on scraps of paper were stuck on by wafers,--the number of wafers without paper indicating the number of pupils no longer taught. On the wall-papers were many calculations written with chalk. The bureau was decorated with beer-mugs used the night before, their newness appearing very brilliant in the midst of this rubbish of dirt and age. Hygiene was represented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. Two ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hung the self-same blue box-coat with three capes, in which the countess had always seen Schmucke when he came to give his lessons. On the window-sill were three pots of flowers, German flowers, no doubt, and near them a stout holly-wood stick,Though Marie

And level pavement: from the arched roof,

t like the lifeI may be able to ship off my black vassaland deal with them aI have said; don

But the bicycle? I persisted.

Mr. Johnston pushed his chair back from the table. Thank you exceedingly, Mr. Keeler. I have enjoyed your breakfast and your conversation very much indeed. Madam, he said, rising and turning to Mrs. Keeler, permit me to extend to you my heartfelt gratitude for your share in the splendid hospitality that has been accorded me. I hope to see you again, some day.

magnificent tail, which played a useful part in the household, the uncovered places on the bureau and the piano would never have been dusted. In one corner of the room were a pile of shoes which need an epic to describe theThe top of the bureau and that of the piano were encumbered by music-books with ragged backs and whitened corners, through which the pasteboard showed its many layers. Along the walls the names and addresses of pupils written on scraps of paper were stuck on by wafers,--the number of wafers without paper indicating the number of pupils no longer taught. On the wall-papers were many calculations written with chalk. The bureau was decorated with beer-mugs used the night before, their newness appearing very brilliant in the midst of this rubbish of dirt and age. Hygiene was represented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. Two ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hung the self-same blue box-coat with three capes, in which the countess had always seen Schmucke when he came to give his lessons. On the window-sill were three pots of flowers, German flowers, no doubt, and near them a stout holly-wood stick,Though Marie

Derville read aloud:

Anyhow, you,

Thississsomething akin to your speaking of being in the presence of God.

d like to smoke said the stranger unexpectedly, turning to Bezdomny,

Then the man came back, and Eugene followed him to the little drawing-roode Restaud was standing before the fireless grate, and did not ask his visitor to seat himself.

magnificent tail, which played a useful part in the household, the uncovered places on the bureau and the piano would never have been dusted. In one corner of the room were a pile of shoes which need an epic to describe theThe top of the bureau and that of the piano were encumbered by music-books with ragged backs and whitened corners, through which the pasteboard showed its many layers. Along the walls the names and addresses of pupils written on scraps of paper were stuck on by wafers,--the number of wafers without paper indicating the number of pupils no longer taught. On the wall-papers were many calculations written with chalk. The bureau was decorated with beer-mugs used the night before, their newness appearing very brilliant in the midst of this rubbish of dirt and age. Hygiene was represented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. Two ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hung the self-same blue box-coat with three capes, in which the countess had always seen Schmucke when he came to give his lessons. On the window-sill were three pots of flowers, German flowers, no doubt, and near them a stout holly-wood stick,Though Marie

I mean that you and the cattlemen are planning to interfere and delay the work of the Service

And level pavement: from the arched roof,