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The Horror of the Heights - (1)
The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some…
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The Horror of the Heights - (2)
"When I reached the nineteen-thousand-foot level, which was about midday, the wind was so severe that I looked with some anxiety to the sta…
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The Leather Funnel - (1)
My friend, Lionel Dacre, lived in the Avenue de Wagram, Paris. His house was that small one, with the iron railings and grass plot in front…
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The Leather Funnel - (2)
Three men in black, with curious, top-heavy, black velvet hats, sat in a line upon a red-carpeted dais. Their faces were very solemn and sa…
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The New Catacomb - (1)
"Look here, Burger," said Kennedy, "I do wish that you would confide in me." The two famous students of Roman remains sat together in Kenne…
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The New Catacomb - (2)
"Mein Gott! To whom?" "She mentioned no names." "I do not think that anyone knows that. So that made the adventure more alluring, did it?"…
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The Case of Lady Sannox
The relations between Douglas Stone and the notorious Lady Sannox were very well known both among the fashionable circles of which she was…
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The Terror of Blue John Gap - (1)
The following narrative was found among the papers of Dr. James Hardcastle, who died of phthisis on February 4th, 1908, at 36, Upper Covent…
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The Terror of Blue John Gap - (2)
I had taken my matches from my armpit and felt them. They seemed perfectly hard and dry. Stooping down into a crevice of the rocks, I tried…
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The Brazilian Cat - (1)
It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections, but no actual money in his pocket…
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The Brazilian Cat - (2)
I took it from his hand and he stepped to the door. "His larder is just outside here," said he. "You will excuse me for an instant won't yo…
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The Lost Special - (1)
The confession of Herbert de Lernac, now lying under sentence of death at Marseilles, has thrown a light upon one of the most inexplicable…
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The Lost Special - (2)
"James McPherson." For a time it was confidently anticipated that this letter would lead to the clearing up of the whole matter, the more s…
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The Beetle-Hunter - (1)
A curious experience? said the Doctor. Yes, my friends, I have had one very curious experience. I never expect to have another, for it is a…
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The Beetle-Hunter - (2)
"My dear Thomas, how are you?" said he, heartily. But the heartiness was by no means reciprocal. The owner of the grounds glared at me over…
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The Man with the Watches - (1)
There are many who will still bear in mind the singular circumstances which, under the heading of the Rugby Mystery, filled many columns of…
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The Man with the Watches - (2)
To this elaborate and plausible hypothesis the answer of the police and of the company was, first, that no such ticket was found; secondly,…
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The Japanned Box - (1)
It WAS a curious thing, said the private tutor; one of those grotesque and whimsical incidents which occur to one as one goes through life.…
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The Japanned Box - (2)
"It came through the window," I said. "We must not play the part of eavesdroppers," she answered. "We must forget that we have ever heard i…
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The Black Doctor - (1)
Bishop's Crossing is a small village lying ten miles in a south-westerly direction from Liverpool. Here in the early seventies there settle…
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The Black Doctor - (2)
Considerable sensation was caused in the crowded court when the first witness called for the defence proved to be Miss Frances Morton, the…
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The Jew's Breastplate - (1)
My particular friend, Ward Mortimer, was one of the best men of his day at everything connected with Oriental archaeology. He had written l…
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The Jew's Breastplate - (2)
"Excellent!" I cried. "We will keep our own secret, and say nothing either to the police or to Simpson. Will you join me?" "With the utmost…