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"They belong," I said, "to a child or a sh Is there nothing else?"

"They appear to be much as other footht foot in the dust Now I make one with my naked foot beside it What is the chief difference?"

"Your toes are all craether The other print has each toe distinctly divided"

"Quite so That is the point Bear that in mind Noould you kindly step over to that flap- and se of the ork? I shall stay here, as I have this handkerchief in my hand"

I did as he directed, and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry s out If YOU can trace him, I should think that Toby will have no difficulty Now run down-stairs, loose the dog, and look out for Blondin"

By the tirounds Sherlock Holloorht of him behind a stack of chimneys, but he presently reappeared, and then vanished once more upon the opposite side When I made my way round there I found him seated at one of the corner eaves

"That you, Watson?" he cried

"Yes"

"This is the place What is that black thing down there?"

"A water-barrel"

"Top on it?"

"Yes"

"No sign of a ladder?"

"No"

"Confound the fellow! It's a ht to be able to come dohere he could clioes, anyhow"

There was a scuffling of feet, and the lantern began to coht spring he came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth

"It was easy to follow his and boots "Tiles were loosened the whole way along, and in his hurry he had dropped this It confirnosis, as you doctors express it"

The object which he held up to rasses and with a fedry beads strung round it In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood, sharp at one end and rounded at the other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto