Before Oi Rapcaetd pipe nfs gee Following the Trail 1 took Miss Morstan home in the cab. The adventures of this ME strange night had become too much for her and she began to cry. She has told me since that she thought t was cold and distant on this night. Butt did not want to take advantage of her. he was tired and weak and she was alto rch; how could 1 il ere et Fane ed ee gare aie ‘was very difficult not to comfort her a8! wanted to eft her with Mrs Forester and continued on my journey. ‘The eab arived st Pinehin Lane, knocked tthe door. voice shouted from a window above (Go away oF let out the dogs. “tesa dog that | wan't began, but | was intemupted again. “aon, you don't go away IlThe Sign of Four ‘Mr sherloce Holm interrupted, andthe words had thei sual magical effect. Ina minute, the door opened, and Me Sherman init ‘Now, what was ft that Mr Sherlock Holmes wa He wants a dog of yours ~ Toby, repli Toby appeared. He was an ugly dog, brown and white with long hale. He followed me Into the cab and we eft. We arrived bucket Pondicherry House at about thee in the morning. ‘Ah, there's Toby! Good dog’ said Holmes. ‘Athelney Jones has arrested Thaddeus, che servant and the housekeeper So we have the house to our ‘minute 'm going to clim® out of that trap door and go onto the roof. You go outside and laok out for me, ‘was out onthe oof that you, Wi n? he shouted, “This isthe place where he got down. Is there ladder?" ‘oh » He landed on the ground. "There he said “twas easy to see ‘One had been. There were loose parts onthe roof and he drops He held out a small purse; inside were another sx or se ed darts ‘So, are you ready for along walk, Watson?” this ‘Here you ae, doggy! Good boy, Toby! Smel it, Toby, smell itThe Sign of Four ___ sniff it, Molmes then threw the cloth away and led Toby to the water barrel. Toby immediately became very excited and rushed off with hie poze to the ground and his tall inthe al. rt was Aificutto keep up with him. Te was beginning to get light: Toby ed us across the grounds ‘to. place in the wall. twas eary to climb. Holmes went frst and ‘then | passed Toby ta him and he dropped the dog over the other side. Ws lucky For us that it hasn't rained. Toby will be able to follow the tar smell eaiysaid Holmes. Ie seemed tobe tre, Toby did not hesitate, he just kept his nose tothe ground. As we followed him, | asked Holmes how he was 0 sure about the wooden-legged man, “My dear Watson! I's so simple. Two soles are in charge of prison. They ind out about some secret treasure, An Englishman ‘named Jonathan Smal draws aap for them. You remember that name was on Captain Morstan's map. Jonathan Smal signed i for himeelf and his friends — the sign ofthe four. With the help of| this map, the two officers ~ or one of them, Majer shalt — gets the treasure and brings i 1 England, He didn't do what he was supposed 2 do fr the group of four. Now, why de® Jonathan Small and his friends get the treasure themsives? Because they were prison: they couldn't get tothe treasure 'o, Major Sholto le quite happy with his treasure for some years in England. Then he receives a letter from India whiche frightens him, It says thatthe men ofthe sign of the four have been act free or that they have escaped. So now Major Sholto looks out for a wooden-legged man ~ a white man because he = Following the Trail__ ristakes a salesman for him and even fires his gun at him, Now only one white men’s name s onthe map. The other names are Hindu oF Muslim. There s no other white man. So that means thatthe wooden-lesged man is Jonathan Smal, Does that make agreed that it di ‘50; let's pretend we ae Jonathan Small He comes to England with two things on his mind, One, to get his treasure and two, having his revenge on! Maor Shoto. He finds out where Sholto| lives. But he does know where the treasure i hidden. Only the | ‘major knows, Small hears that the major ewer ill He mu find ‘ut where the treasures before he dis, she goes tothe window ‘of Major Shots room. But he doesnt goin because the two sons are there, He comes bac later and searches the roam, heping to find something which ltl him were the treasure, He finde nothing but decides to leave the note with "The sign of the four’ on it Tohim, it’ ke an at of justice fr him and his rend Now what did Jonathan Small do? He waited until the ‘reasure was dscovered: but he needs help because he cant get tothe room with his wooden leg’ ‘Number One'I aid He murdered Bartholomew Shoko, "ves, and | don't thnk Jonathan Small wa pleased about that. Me just wanted to frighten him. There was no need to kil him. But his friend's savage instincts led him to kil Bartholomew ‘holt Se Jonathan Small takes the tessure and leaves. "understood s far. “And Number One? "well, that wil become clear 290m said Holmes. 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