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First publication: Windsor Magazine, December 1938
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We have the story in these editions:
All of the stories in the Jorkens series:
An Idyll of the Sahara
The Greatest Invention
Snow Water
The New Moon
The Verdict
Misadventure
The Two Jenets
Jorkens’ Dilemma
A Conversation in Bond Street
A Desperado in Surrey
A Long Memory
A Nice Lot of Diamonds
A Rash Remark
Among the Neutrals
An Absentminded Professor
An Eccentricity of Genius
Greek Meets Greek
In the Mojave
Influenza
On Other Paths
The Devil Among the Willows
The Gods of Clay
The Lost Invention
The Reward (II)
The Story of Jorkens’ Watch
The Track Through the Wood
The Two Way War
The Unrecorded Test Match
Which Way?
The Little Light
A Fatal Mistake
A Snake Story
Not Guilty
Echoing Dream
A Big Bang
A Bit of Counter-Espionage
A Deal with the Witch
A Modern Conquerer
A Plaything of Our Betters
A Prophet Without Honour
A Wonderful Day
Across the Colour Bar
Bringing Things Up to Date
Jorkens’ Regret
On Wings of Song
The Deal
The Explanation
The Lost Charm
The Two Scientists
A Meeting of Spirits
The Ultimate Goal
The King of Sarahb
The Tale of Abu Leheeb
How Jembu Played for Cambridge
Our Distant Cousins
The Electric King
A Queer Island
Mrs. Jorkens
The Showman
A Large Diamond
A Daughter of Rameses
A Drink at a Running Stream
The Charm Against Thirst
The Lost Romance
The Witch of the Willows
The Curse of the Witch
The Pearly Beach
One August in the Red Sea
The Escape from the Valley
The Black Mamba
Stranger Than Fiction
The Correct Kit
What Jorkens Has to Put Up With
In the Garden of Memories
The Walk to Lingham
The Golden Gods
The Persian Spell
Earth’s Secret
How Ryan Got Out of Russia
The Bare Truth
A Mystery of the East
The Club Secretary
Ozymandias
The Slugly Beast
At the End of the Universe
Jorkens’ Revenge
Jorkens Retires from Business
Jorkens Handles a Big Property
The Sign
The Grecian Singer
The Invention of Dr. Caber
The Jorkens Family Emeralds
The Angelic Shepherd
The Development of the Rillswood Estate
Jorkens Looks Forward
A Doubtful Story
The Sultan, the Monkey and the Banana
The Invention of the Age
Jorkens Among the Ghosts
A Fishing Story
The Ivory Poacher
A Matter of Business
African Magic
After Many a Summer
Elephant Shooting
Jorkens Consults a Prophet
Jorkens in High Finance
Pundleton’s Audience
The Fancy Man
The Fight in the Drawing-Room
The Lion and the Unicorn
The Neapolitan Ice
Jorkens Leaves Prison
The Expulsion
The Sacred City of Krakovlitz
The Khamseen
The Welcome
On the Other Side of the Sun
Jorkens Practices Medicine and Magic
A Cricket Problem
By Command of Pharoah
A Life’s Work
The Last Bull
The Rebuff
Out West
In a Dim Room
The Secret of the Sphinx
Strategy at the Billiards Club
A Deal with the Devil
The English Magnifico
Fairy Gold
Jorkens in Witch Wood
A Royal Dinner
A Fight with Knives
Jarton’s Disease
Jorkens’ Ride
Lost
Making Fine Weather
Mgamu
The Cleverness of Dr. Caber
The Haunting of Halahanstown
The Ingratiating Smile
The Pale-Green Image
The Strange Drug of Dr. Caber
The Warning
Jorkens’ Problem
The Partner
A Walk in the Night
One Summer’s Evening
Poulet à la Richelieu
Letting Bygones Be Bygones
A Friend of the Family
A Spanish Castle
Idle Tears
