CONTENTS

TRAGIC

• THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS
• MIMI
• THE SUPREME ILLUSION
• THE LETTER AND THE LIE
• THE GLIMPSE

FROLIC

• JOCK-AT-A-VENTURE
• THE HEROISM OF THOMAS CHADWICK
• UNDER THE CLOCK
• THREE EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF MR COWLISHAW, DENTIST
• CATCHING THE TRAIN
• THE WIDOW OF THE BALCONY
• THE CAT AND CUPID
• THE FORTUNE-TELLER
• THE LONG-LOST UNCLE
• THE TIGHT HAND
• WHY THE CLOCK STOPPED
• HOT POTATOES
• HALF-A-SOVEREIGN
• THE BLUE SUIT
• THE TIGER AND THE BABY
• THE REVOLVER
• AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE