Cleek, the Master Detective

Thomas W. Hanshew wrote Cleek, the Master Detective. The contents list names The Affair of the Man Who Called himself Hamilton Cleek, The Problem of the Red Crawl, The Riddle of the Sacred Son and The Caliph's Daughter, among others. The dedication is to Newman Flower, with that sort of esteem a man has for a friend he respects, and that sort of love he gives to a comrade he admires.

A speaker says that with a fellow like that, a diabolical rascal with a diabolical gift for impersonation, one can't be too careful. Ailsa says the jewels are locked up in the safe in Sir Horace's consulting-room, and that his assistant, Mr. Merfroy, has promised not to leave the room for one instant. The captain says all he wants to know is what became of the poor boy, and if there's any likelihood of his ever coming back alive. A quoted account tells that Queen Karma was deposed, and that she and her children fled, God knows how, God knows where, and left a dead husband and father, slain like a hero and an Englishman.