The Misadventure of Shelrock Holmes (50 page)

The sturdy constable approached Boling, a pair of gleaming manacles in his hands. "Will you come along quietly?" he asked formally, and Boling held out his wrists. He was beaten.

The old doctor dropped his revolver back into its drawer, and tramped across to his friend.

"Amazing!" he almost bellowed. "I thought I was past wondering at you, but — amazing, that's all I can say!"

A blue-sleeved arm lifted, the fine lean hand patted the doctor's tweed shoulder affectionately. And even before the words were spoken, as they must have been spoken so often in past years, Boling suddenly knew what they would be:

"Elementary, my dear Watson," said old Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

J_HE EDITOR hereby makes grateful acknowledgment to the following authors' representatives, publishers, and authors for giving permission to reprint the material in this volume:

D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., for The Adventure of the Clothes-Line by Carolyn Wells, published in "The Century" magazine, May, 1915. Copyright, 1915, by The Century Company and 1942 by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.

Lady Cynthia Asquith and Ann Watkins, Inc., for The Adventure of the Two Collaborators by Sir James M. Barrie.

"The Baltimore Sun" and "The Manchester Guardian" for The End of Sherlock Holmes by A. E. P.

Francis Hyde Bangs for Shyloc^ Homes: His Posthumous Memoirs by John Kendrick Bangs.

Brandt & Brandt for Holmloc\ Shears Arrives Too Late from THE EXPLOITS OF ARSENE LUPIN by Maurice Leblanc. Copyright 1907 by Alexander Texeira de Mattos.

Dr. Logan Clendening for The Case of the Missing Patriarchs.

August Derleth for The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle.

Mrs. Harvey Dodd for The Great Pegram Mystery from THE FACE AND THE MASK by Robert Barr.

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Mrs. W. O. Fuller for The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel by William

O. Fuller.

Harper and Brothers for The Stranger Unravels a Mystery from THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT by John Kendrick Bangs and for A Double-Barrelled Detective Story from THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG by Mark Twain.

Houghton Mifflin Company for The Stolen Cigar Case from CONDENSED NOVELS : SECOND SERIES by Bret Harte.

Hugh Kingsmill for The Ruby of Khitmandu.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Frederic Arnold Kummer for The Canterbury Cathedral Murder by Basil Mitchell and Mr. Kummer.

Stephen Leacock for Maddened by Mystery from NONSENSE NOVELS and An Irreducible Detective Story from FURTHER FOOLISHNESS.

Kenneth Macgowan for his biographical sketch of Sherlock Holmes.

Harold Ober for The Case of the Missing Lady from PARTNERS IN CRIME by Agatha Christie. Copyright, 1929, by Agatha Christie. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Paul R. Reynolds & Son for The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm by Stuart Palmer.

S. C. Roberts for Christmas Eve.

Julius Schwartz for But Our Hero Was Not Dead by Manly Wade Wellman.

Vincent Starrett for The Unique Hamlet.

Frederic Dorr Steele for The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editor (copyright, 1933, by Robert McBride & Co.) and for his drawings.

Willis Kingsley Wing for The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor by Anthony Boucher.

Special thanks are due the following for their generous co-operation and enthusiastic encouragement: Vincent Starrett of Chicago, Illinois P. M. Stone of Waltham, Massachusetts Ned Guymon of San Diego, California James Sandoe of Boulder, Colorado Christopher Morley of Roslyn Heights, New York Edgar W. Smith of New York City William A. P. White of Berkeley, California August Derleth of Sauk City, Wisconsin Lieutenant Stuart Palmer of Washington, D.C. Frederic Dorr Steele of New York City E. A. Osborne of London, England Charles Honce of New York City David Randall of Larchmont, New York Paul North Rice, Chief of the Reference Department of the New York Public Library

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