The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

The Brown Hand--The Usher of Lea House School--B. 24--The Great Keinplatz Experiment--Cyprian Overbeck Wells--Playing with Fire--The Ring of Thoth--The Los Amigos Fiasco--How It Happened--Lot No. 249--"De Profundis"--The Lift Copyright, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, By A. Conan Doyle Copyright, 1910, By Charles Scribner's Sons Copyright, 1911, By Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Copyright, 1908, By The McClure Company Copyright, 1900, 1902, By The S. S. McClure Company Copyright, 1894, D. Appleton & Company Every one knows that Sir Dominick Holden, the famous Indian surgeon, made me his heir, and that his death changed me in an hour from a hard-working and impecunious medical man to a well-to-do landed proprietor. Many know also that there were at least five people between the inheritance and me, and that Sir Dominick's selection appeared to be altogether arbitrary and whimsical. I can assure them, however, that they are quite mistaken, and that, although I only knew Sir Dominick in the closing years of his life, there were none the less very real reasons why he should show his goodwill towards me. As a matter of fact, though I say it myself, no man ever did more for another than I did for my Indian uncle. I cannot expect the story to be believed, but it is so singular that I should feel that it was a breach of duty if I did not put it upon recordso here it is, and your belief or incredulity is your own affair. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32777
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Release Date: Jun 11, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English