Vauxhall Bridge

I have also never forgotten the fate of a strong young swimmer who with a friend was swamped on a stormy dark evening in an old-fashioned pair oar or racing wherry.

The wind was against the tide and the water so rough that their boat took in wave after wave until she rolled over with them in crossing the river above Vauxhall Bridge.

The strong swimmer at once got hold of his companion who could not swim and showed him how to support himself with his arms across the bottom of the boat and then struck out himself for shore to obtain help.

The man on the boat held on until picked up below the bridge by a waterman and at once hurried off to his boat club at Westminster expecting to find his friend there.

From the slight smile which played over Sherlock Holmes's face, I could see that the speech had not been lost upon him.

"'We shall be at Vauxhall Bridge presently,' said Jones, "'and I shall land you, Dr. Watson, with the treasure-box.' and he'd hardly tell you that I am taking a very grave responsibility upon myself in doing this, it is most irregular.

But, of course, an agreement is an agreement.

I must, however, as a matter of duty, send an inspector with you, since you have so valuable a charge.