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ready beginning TO give himself airs On
the streng TIL 81 the capt,1re From the Y.
slight smile which played over Sher-
lock- Holiness face, I could see that the
speech had not been lost upon him. f.:
5.sWe Will be at Vauxhall bridge.
p1resent ~, said Jones, s.and shan land
Won. Or. Watson, with the. treasure
box. Ineed hardly tell you that ! am
taking a very grave responsib ility upon
myself III doing this Its most lrreg-s
ular; but Of course an agreement is On !
agreement I',nust, however, IS = = mat
ter Of duty, send an inspector with
you, since you have SO valua Die e.
charge. You will drive, no doubt"
"Yes, i shall drive. "%its ~, D. ~ as
ut is a pity there is no key, that W.
may make an inventory first, You will
have to break 1t open. Where is tho
key, my man"
AT the bottom Of the river" said
Small, shortly. eis5a5 IA. al ts5s "a
'sHum! There was no use You Civ
ing this unnecessary trouble. We have,
had work enough already through you.
However, doctor, I need not warn yon
to be careful. Bring the box back
with YOU to the Baker street rooms.
You will find us there on our way to
the station" 49,.
They landed me at Vauxhall with
my heavy iron box and with a bluff,
genial inspector as my companion. A
quarter Of an hours drive brought us
to Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The servant
seemed surprised at SO late a visitor.
Mrs Cecil Forester was out for the
evening, she explained, and likely TO
be very late. Miss Morstan, however,
was in the drawing-rooln; SO to tho
drawing-room I went, box in hand,
leaving the obliging inspector in the
cab. - = n
She was seated by the open window,
dressed in some sort of white diaphan-
GUS material, with little touch Of
scarlet at the neck and waist. The soft
light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as
she leaned back in the basket chair,
playing over her sweet, grave face. and
tinting with a dull metallic sparkle
the rich coils Of her luxurianf hair, one
white arm and hand dropped over the
side of the choir, and her whole pose
and figure spoke Of an absorbing
melancholy. At the sound of my foot
fall she sprang to her feet, however.
and bright flush of surprise and OF
pleasure colored her: pale checks.
II heard q cab drive up" she said. "A
thought that Mrs. Forester had come
back very early, but I never dreamed
that it might be you. What news have
you brought me?" ,
IT have brought something better
than news" said I, putting down tho
box upon the table and speaking jov-
tally and boisterously, though my
heart was heavy within me. II have
brought you something which is worth !
all the news in the world. I have
brought you /. fortune" Va.
She glanced at the iron box. ''le
that the treasure, then?" she asked,
coolly enough. E
"Yes, this is the great Agra treasure.
Half of it is yours and half is Thaddeus5
sholtos. You will have couple OF
hundred thousand each. Think OF
that! An annuity of ten Thousand
pounds. There will be few richer
young ladies in England. is it not
glorious?" S.s.. ..,
think that must have been rather
overacting my delight, and that she
detected hollow ring in my congratu-
lations, for saw her eyebrows rise .
little, and she glanced at me c,1riously.
IF have it," said she, II owe it to /
you.'' ~ss = X.
s.No, no." answered, mot to me,
but to my friend Sherlock Holmes.
With all the will in the world, could
never have followed up clew which
has taxed even his analytical genius.
AS it was, we very nearly lost it at the
last moment" ss:tt
'sPray sit down and tell me all about
it, DR.. Watson" said she. f @
narrated briefly what had occurred
since had seen her last-Holmes' new
method Of search, the discovery of the,
Aurora, the appearance of Athelney
Jones, our expedition in the evening"
and the wild chase down the Thames
She listened with parted lips and shinr
ing eyes to my recital Of our adventures
When,I spoke Of the dart which had 50
narrowly missed us, she turned so
white that feared she was about to
faint. g5
ut is nothing" she said, as s.sl
fastened to pour her some water. II
am all right again. 1t was a shock to
me to hear that I had placed my friends
Ia such horrible peril"
.sThat is ell over, 2 / answered. 1T was
nothing. 4 will tellsyou no more gloomy
dntnilc T.at no 4,1r.Y1 tn sonnet hing