CONTENTS.A PEDESTRIAN’S PLOT, •1BILLY’S BITE, •13THE MURDERED TAILOR’S WATCH, •24THE STREET PORTER’S SON, •44A BIT OF TOBACCO PIPE, •57THE BROKEN CAIRNGORM, •68THE ROMANCE OF A REAL CREMONA, •79THE SPIDER AND THE SPIDER-KILLER, •104THE SPOILT PHOTOGRAPH, •115THE STOLEN DOWRY, •127McSWEENY AND THE MAGIC JEWELS, •139BENJIE BLUNT’S CLEVER ALIBI, •150JIM HUTSON’S KNIFE, •161THE HERRING SCALES, •174ONE LESS TO EAT, •185THE CAPTAIN’S CHRONOMETER, •196THE TORN TARTAN SHAWL, •207A LIFT ON THE ROAD, •218THE ORGAN-GRINDER’S MONEY-BAG, •229THE BERWICK BURR, •240THE WRONG UMBRELLA, •252A WHITE SAVAGE, •263THE BROKEN MISSIONARY, •274A MURDERER’S MISTAKE, •285A HOUSE-BREAKER’S WIFE, •297McSWEENY AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP, •308THE FAMILY BIBLE, •320CONSCIENCE MONEY, •332A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING, •343