PREFACE.
A PEDESTRIAN’S PLOT.
BILLY’S BITE.
THE MURDERED TAILOR’S WATCH. (A C URIOSITY IN C IRCUMSTANTIAL E VIDENCE.)
THE STREET PORTER’S SON.
A BIT OF TOBACCO PIPE.
THE BROKEN CAIRNGORM.
THE ROMANCE OF A REAL CREMONA.
THE SPIDER AND THE SPIDER-KILLER.
THE SPOILT PHOTOGRAPH.
THE STOLEN DOWRY.
M c SWEENY AND THE MAGIC JEWELS.
BENJIE BLUNT’S CLEVER ALIBI.
JIM HUTSON’S KNIFE.
THE HERRING SCALES.
ONE LESS TO EAT.
THE CAPTAIN’S CHRONOMETER.
THE TORN TARTAN SHAWL.
A LIFT ON THE ROAD.
THE ORGAN-GRINDER’S MONEY-BAG.
THE BERWICK BURR.
THE WRONG UMBRELLA.
A WHITE SAVAGE.
THE BROKEN MISSIONARY.
A MURDERER’S MISTAKE.
A HOUSE-BREAKER’S WIFE.
M c SWEENY AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP.
THE FAMILY BIBLE.
CONSCIENCE MONEY.
A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING.