XI. AMERICAN HORSES

XII. THE SPREAD RAILS

XIII. THE PUMPKIN COACH

XIV. THE YELLOW FLOWER

XV. A SATIRE OF THE SEA

XVI. THE HOUSE BY THE LOCH





The SLEUTH of St. JAMES'S SQUARE



I. The Thing on the Hearth



"THE first confirmatory evidence of the thing, Excellency, was
the print of a woman's bare foot."

He was an immense creature. He sat in an upright chair that
seemed to have been provided especially for him. The great bulk
of him flowed out and filled the chair. It did not seem to be