Рекс Стаут - The Last Drive and Other Stories

Canby took it and tore it open. There were only a few lines.

Canby:

She belonged to you, but you wouldn’t take her; so the prize is mine. We are to be married this afternoon. That young fool Tom was making it too hot for me.

Canby dropped weakly on the bench and sat there in an idiotic daze. Coming out of it hours later, he uttered the words:

“Old fool!”

Goodness only knows whom he was talking about.

“Excess Baggage” Short Stories , October 1912 [1] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“The Infernal Feminine” Short Stories , November 1912 [2] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“The Paisley” Young’s Magazine , November 1912 [3] Reprinted in this volume

“Billy Du Mont, Reporter” Young’s Magazine , December 1912 [4] Reprinted in this volume

“A Professional Recall” The Black Cat , December 1912 [5] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Barnacles” Young’s Magazine , January 1913 [6] Reprinted in this volume

“Pamfret and Peace” The Black Cat , January 1913 [7] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“A Companion of Fortune” Short Stories , April 1913 [8] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“A White Precipitate” Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine , June 1913 [9] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“The Pickled Picnic” The Black Cat , June 1913 [10] Reprinted in this volume

“The Mother of Invention” The Black Cat , August 1913 [11] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

Her Forbidden Knight The All-Story , August 1913 to December 1913 [12] Reprinted in Her Forbidden Knight (Carroll & Graf 1997); reprinted in The Rex Stout Reader (Carroll & Graf 2007)

“Méthode Américaine” The Smart Set , November 1913 [13] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“A Tyrant Abdicates” Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine , January 1914 [14] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“The Pay-Yeoman” The All-Story , January 1914 [15] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

Under the Andes The All-Story , February 1914 [16] Reprinted in Under the Andes (Mysterious Press 1985; Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Secrets” All-Story Weekly , March 7, 1914 [17] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Rose Orchid” All-Story Weekly , March 28, 1914 [18] Published under the pseudonym “Evans Day.” Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“An Agacella Or” Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine , April 1914 [19] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“The Inevitable Third” All-Story Weekly , April 25, 1914 [20] Published under the pseudonym “Evans Day.” Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

A Prize for Princes All-Story [Cavalier] Weekly , May 2 to May 30, 1914 [21] Reprinted in A Prize for Princes (Carroll & Graf 2000); reprinted in The Rex Stout Reader (Carroll & Graf 2007)

“Out of the Line” All-Story Cavalier Weekly , June 13, 1914 [22] Reprinted in Her Forbidden Knight (Carroll & Graf 1997); reprinted in The Rex Stout Reader (Carroll & Graf 2007)

“The Lie” All-Story Cavalier Weekly , July 4, 1914 [23] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Target Practise” All-Story Cavalier Weekly , December 26, 1914 [24] Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“If He Be Married” All-Star Cavalier Weekly , January 16, 1915 [25] Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Baba” All-Star Cavalier Weekly , January 30, 1915 [26] Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Warner & Wife” All-Story Cavalier Weekly , February 27, 1915 [27] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“A Little Love Affair” Smith’s Magazine , July 1915 [28] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Art for Art’s Sake” Smith’s Magazine , August 1915 [29] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Another Little Love Affair” Smith’s Magazine , September 1915 [30] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Jonathan Stannard’s All-Story Weekly , September 11, Secret Vice” 1915 [31] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Sanétomo” All-Story Weekly , September 25, 1915 [32] Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“The Strong Man” Young’s Magazine , November 1915 [33] Reprinted in An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 2000)

“Justice Ends at Home” All-Story Weekly , December 4, 1915 [34] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“Two Kisses” Breezy Stories , January 1916 [35] Reprinted in this volume

The Great Legend All-Story Weekly , January 1, 1916 [36] Reprinted in The Rex Stout Reader (Carroll & Graf 2007)

“Ask the Egyptians” Golfers Magazine, March 1916 [37] Reprinted in this volume

“This Is My Wife” Snappy Stories , March [issue 2] 1916 [38] Reprinted in this volume

“Second Edition” Young’s Magazine , April 1916 [39] Reprinted in this volume

“It’s Science That Counts” All-Story Weekly , April 1, 1916 [40] Reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)

“The Rope Dance” All-Story Weekly , June 24, 1916 [41] Reprinted in Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories (Viking Press 1977); reprinted in Target Practice (Carroll & Graf 1998)