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REGINALD IN RUSSIA 1
THE RETICENCE OF LADY ANNE 7
THE LOST SANJAK 13
THE SEX THAT DOESN'T SHOP 25
THE BLOOD-FEUD OF TOAD-WATER 31
A YOUNG TURKISH CATASTROPHE 38
JUDKIN OF THE PARCELS 42
GABRIEL-ERNEST 47
THE SAINT AND THE GOBLIN 60
THE SOUL OF LAPLOSHKA 66
THE BAG 75
THE STRATEGIST 85
CROSS CURRENTS 94
THE BAKER'S DOZEN (A PLAYLET) 106
THE MOUSE 116
"_The Baker's Dozen_" _originally appeared in_ "_The Journal of the
Leinster Regiment_." _The other sketches have appeared from time to time
in the_ "_Westminster Gazette_." _To the Editors of these publications I
am indebted for courteous permission to reproduce the stories in their
present form_.