"What Ho! My resuscitated Corpse,
"You want to know how all goes in Brisport, I suppose. Well, I'll tell you. I'm cutting Markham and Davidson out completely, my boy. The day after our little joke I got a bruised leg (that baby), a cut head (the woman the baby fell upon), an erysipelas, and a bronchitis. Next day a fine rich cancer of Markham's threw him up and came over to me. Also a pneumonia and a man who swallowed a sixpence. I've never had a day since without half a dozen new names on the list, and I'm going to start a trap this week. Just let me know when you are going to set up, and I'll manage to run down, old man, and give you a start in business, if I have to stand on my head in the water-butt. Good-bye. Love from the Missus.
"Ever yours,
"Thomas Waterhouse Crabbe,
"M.B. Edin."81 George Street,
"Brisport."
THE END
By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Novels and Stories
DANGER! And Other Stories
THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW
HIS LAST BOW
Some Latin Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
THE BLACK DOCTOR
And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL
And Other Tales of Adventure