My Owncomplete Happiness - And The Home-centred Interests Which Rise Up Around The Man Who First Findshimself Master Of His Own Establishment - Were Sufficient To Absorb All My Attention - While Holmes - Who Loathed Every Form Of Society With His Wholebohemian Soul - Remained In Our Lodgings In Bakerstreet - Buried Among His Old Books - And Alternatingfrom ______k To ______k Bet______n Cocaine And Ambition - The Drowsiness Of The Drug - And The Fierce Energy Ofhis Own Keen Nature; - There Is Now Another Vacancy Openwhich Entitles A Member Of The Leagueto A Salary Of £4 A ______k For Purely Nominal Services;"20 the Red-headed Leaguejust This Day Eight ______ks - With This Very Paper Inhis Hand - And He Says:London When He Was Young - And He Wanted To Dothe Old Town A Good Turn;Holmes - I Am A Very Stay-at-home Man - And As Mybusiness Came To Me Instead Of My Having To Goto It - I Was Often ______ks On End Without Puttingmy Foot Over The Door-mat;" 'is £4 A ______k; "Why - I Have Lost Four Pound A ______k; Holmes - Andon Saturday The Manager Came In And Plankeddown Four Golden Sovereigns For My ______k's Work;It Was The Same Next ______k - And The Same The ______kafter;"Eight ______ks Passed Away Like This - And I Hadwritten About Abbots And Archery And Armourand Architecture And Attica - And Hoped With Diligence That I Might Get On To The B's Before Verylong; It Was Apoky - Little - Shabby-genteel Place - Where Four Linesof Dingy Two-storied Brick Houses Looked Out Intoa Small Railed-in Enclosure - Where A Lawn Of ______dygrass And A Few Clumps Of Faded Laurel-bushesmade A Hard Fight Against A Smoke-laden And Uncongenial Atmosphere; He'll Crack A Crib In Scotland One ______k - And Be Raising Money To Build Anorphanage In Cornwall The Next; The £4 A______k Was A Lure Which Must Draw Him - And Whatwas It To Them - Who Were Playing For Thousands?They Put In The Advertisement - One Rogue Has Thetemporary Office - The Other Rogue Incites The Manto Apply For It - And Together They Manage To Securehis Absence Every Morning In The ______k;"Ah - " Said He - "I Forgot That I Had Not Seen Youfor Some ______ks; Then - When They Talked Of Marrying Within The ______k - I Began To Ask About Father;But They Both Said Never To Mind About Father - Butjust To Tell Him Afterwards - And Mother Said Shewould Make It All Right With Him; Hosmer Angel? Did Hemake No Attempt To See You?""Well - Father Was Going Off To France Again Ina ______k - And Hosmer Wrote And Said That It Wouldbe Safer And Better Not To See Each Other Until Hehad Gone; What Could It Be? Might Not The Nature Of The Injuries Reveal Something To My Medicalinstincts? I Rang The Bell And Called For The ______klycounty Paper - Which Contained A Verbatim Accountof The Inquest; His Deathwas Seven ______ks Later - Upon The Night Of May 2nd;Yet I Could Not Shake Off The Vague Feeling Of Dreadwhich It Left Behind - Though The Sensation Grew Lesskeen As The ______ks Passed And Nothing Happened Todisturb The Usual Routine Of Our Lives; In The Caseof Pondicherry - Seven ______ks Elapsed Bet______n Thethreat And Its Fulfilment - In Dundee It Was Onlysome Three Or Four Days; But - As A Matter Of Fact - Seven ______ks Elapsed; I Thinkthat Those Seven ______ks Represented The Differencebet______n The Mail-boat Which Brought The Letter Andthe Sailing Vessel Which Brought The Writer;""Yes?""The Lone Star Had Arrived Here Last ______k; Sherlock Holmes Was A Man - However - Who - When He Had An Unsolved Problem Uponhis Mind - Would Go For Days - And Even For A ______k - Without Rest - Turning It Over - Rearranging His Facts - Looking At It From Every Point Of View Until He Hadeither Fathomed It Or Convinced Himself That Hisdata Were Insufficient;"Well - You Can Imagine How Hard It Was To Settledown To Arduous Work At £2 A ______k When I Knewthat I Could Earn As Much In A Day By Smearing78 the Man With The Twisted Lipinstead Of Being Identified As Mr;"Good God! What A ______k She Must Have Spent!""The Police Have Watched This Lascar - " Said Inspector Bradstreet - "And I Can Quite Understand Thathe Might Find It Difficult To Post A Letter Unobserved;"This Hat Has Not Been Brushed For ______ks;When I See You - My Dear Watson - With A ______k's Accumulation Of Dust Upon Your Hat - And When Yourwife Allows You To Go Out In Such A State - I Shallfear That You Also Have Been Unfortunate Enough Tolose Your Wife's Affection; Thisyear Our Good Host - Windigate By Name - Instituteda Goose Club - By Which - On Consideration Of Somefew Pence Every ______k - We Were Each To Receive Abird At Christmas;"My Sister Had Told Me Some ______ks Before Thati Might Have The Pick Of Her Geese For A Christmaspresent - And I Knew That She Was Always As Goodas Her Word;"Last ______k He Hurled The Local Blacksmith Overa Parapet Into A Stream - And It Was Only By Payingover All The Money Which I Could Gather Togetherthat I Was Able To Avert Another Public Exposure; Nothing96 the Adventure Of The Speckled Bandand He Would Give These Vagabonds Leave To Encamp Upon The Few Acres Of Bramble-covered Landwhich Represent The Family Estate - And Would Acceptin Return The Hospitality Of Their Tents - Wanderingaway With Them Sometimes For ______ks On End; It Might Or Might Not Bite Theoccupant - Perhaps She Might Escape Every Night Fora ______k - But Sooner Or Later She Must Fall A Victim;It Was A Few ______ks Before My Own Marriage - During The Days When I Was Still Sharing Roomswith Holmes In Baker Street - That He Came Homefrom An Afternoon Stroll To Find A Letter On The Tablewaiting For Him; It Is Inthe Personal Column Of The Morning Post - And Dates - As You See - Some ______ks Back:" 'a Marriage Has Been Arranged [It Says]And Will - If Rumour Is Correct - Very Shortlytake Place - Bet______n Lord Robert St;"There Was A Paragraph Amplifying This In Oneof The Society Papers Of The Same ______k; Animportant Addition Has Been Made Duringthe Last ______k To The List Of The Prizes Whichhave Been Borne Away By These Charminginvaders; The Initials Were - Of Course - Of The Highest Importance - But More Valuable Stillwas It To Know That Within A ______k He Had Settledhis Bill At One Of The Most Select London Hotels;"There Is A Well-known Agency For Governessesin The West End Called Westaway's - And There I Usedto Call About Once A ______k In Order To See Whetheranything Had Turned Up Which Might Suit Me;"Well - When I Called Last ______k I Was Showninto The Little Office As Usual - But I Found That Missstoper Was Not Alone; That Was A ______kago - And From That Time I Have Not Sat Again In Thewindow - Nor Have I Worn The Blue Dress - Nor Seenthe Man In The Road; When She Wouldn't Do It - He Kept On Worrying Her Until She Got Brain-fever - And For Six ______ks Was At Death's Door

A collection of twelve short stories, published in 1892, by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. I The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.