The Irish standard., 1895-05-18
SIGN OF THE FOUR.

SIGN OF the L FOUR !. R
.sQuite 50. And rather to Jonathan's
ssisgust, to judge by the way he
ssamped about when he got into the
1s:t,om. He bore no grudge against Bar
saoloniew Sholto, and would have pre-
erred il he. could have been simply
.s,,uud and gagged. Heidi not wish to
pitt hts head in halter. There was no
help for it, however: the savage in
srincts Of his companion had broken
oat, and the poison had done its work:
s,, Jonathan Small left HIS record. low
cred the treasure-box 10 the ground,
md followed it himself. That was the
rain Of events as far as I can decipher
= sem. OF course as to his personal APP
7sarance he must be mild le-aged, and
lust be sunburned after serving his
Inc in such an oven as the. Andamans.
lis height Is readily calculated frou
ne length OF his stride, and we know
rhat he was bearded. His hairiness
vas the one point which impressed
itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he
saw him at the window. L don't know
hat there is any thing else" N 4,
1.-THE associate?" sj} b
aaAh,. well, there is no great mystery
IA that. But you win know all about
i soon enough. How sweet the morn
jngs,air is! See how that one little
loud floats like pink feather from
some gigantic fiamingo. Now the red
rim OF the sun pushes itself over the
london cloudbank. Itshines on good
y2any folk, but on none,I dare bet, who
gre on stranger Grand than you and
1 How small we feel with our petty
ambitions and strivings in the presence
of the great elemental forces OF nature!
IRE you well up. in your Jean Paul?" 4.
Fairly 80. worked back to him
throngh Carlyle # b
THAT was like following the brook
q, the parent lake. He makes ,but one
curious but profound remark. It is
LAT the chief proof Of mans real great
ness lies In, his perception of his own
s,nauness. It argues, you see, q power Of
Comparison and Of apprecia ton which
T. initself q proof Of nobility. There is
~ ach food for thought IN Richter. You
1--we not q pistol, have you?'
x have my stick. :" 4
sit is just possible that we may need
something of the sort if we get into
their lair. Jonathan shall leave to
ecu, but II the other turns nasty shall
shoot him dead" He took out his re-
-'nlver as he spoke, and. having. loaded
20 of the chambers, he put it back
ITO the right hand pocketof his jacket.
We had, during this time, been fol-
wing the guidance of Toby, down the
lfrural, villa-lined roads which lead
- the metropolis. Now, however, we
were beginning to come among. contin-
rsous streets, where laborers and dock
zaen were already astir, and slattern!y
women were taking down shutters and
rushing doorsteps. At the square
&opped corner public houses business
las just beginning, and rough-looking
nan were emerging, rubbing their
sleeves across their boards after their
morning wet. Strange dogs sauntered
,1p, and stared wonderingly at us as we
pa sed, but our inilnitable Toby looked
S.either to the right nor to the left, but
trotted EDWARDS with his. nose to the
ground and an occasional eager whine,
" i1ich spoke of hot scent.
We. had traversed Streathau1, Rrix-
son, Calnberwell, and now found our
lives in Remington lane, having
],orne away through the side streets
. the east Of the Oval. The men
wslom we pursued seemed to have taken
g curiously zigzag road, with the idea
crobsbly ofescaping observation. They
had never kept to the main road If q
oarallel side street would serve their
arn. At the foot Of Remington lane
t,asy had edged away to the left through
= nd street and Miles street Where
10 latter turns into Knights place
. obey ceased to advance, but began to
- backwards and forwards with one
!, r cooked and the other dropping, the
sory picture of canine INDIGESTION. Then
H. waddled round in circles, looking
up to us from time to tune, as If to ask
3or sympathy in his embarrassment:
What the deuce is the matter with
Gae dog?' growled Holmes. They
al rely would not take . cab or, go OFT
:, balloon" ts s;..ssss:s,
Perhaps they stood here for some;
tsi tae,' suggested. ...ss Tg .'a..5
''Ah! it's all right. He'soR again,' 8
a. ID my companion, in q tone of relief.
ae was. indeed, of, Tor, after sniff
ang round again, he suddenly made upls
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