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THE HAMPSTEAD MYSTERY
BY JOHN R. WATSON & ARTHUR J. REES
1916
TO ARTHUR BLACK IN MEMORY OF OLD TIMES
CHAPTER I
"Hallo! Is that Hampstead Police Station?"
"Yes. Who are you?"
"Detective-Inspector Chippenfield of Scotland Yard. Tell Inspector Seldon
I want him, and be quick about it."