THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEYMYSTERY
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTYHOUSE
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER''S THUMB
THE ADVENTURE OF SHOSCOMBE OLD PLACE
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It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade，of Scotland Yard， to look in upon Sherlock Holmesand myself of an evening and share details of a caseupon which the detective was engaged. Occasionally，Mr. Holmes was able to give rather helpful sugges-tions， due to his vast knowledge and experience.
On this particular evening， however， Lestradewas rather quiet. Holmes looked keenly at him andasked. "Anything remarkable on hand？"
"Well， Mr. Holmes， there is something on mymind， but it is such an absurd business， that I hesita-ted to bother you about it. It has a bit to do withmadness， and a strange madness， too. You wouldn''tthink there was anyone living at this time of day whohad such a hatred of Napoleon the First that he wouldcommit burglary in order to break images of the em-peror.
Holmes sat up.
"Burglary？ Let me hear the details. "
Lestrade took out his official notebook and re-freshed his memory from its pages.
"The first case reported was four days ago，" saidhe. "It was at the shop of Morse Hudson， who has aplace for the sale of pictures and statues at Kenning-ton Road. The assistant had left the front shop for aninstant， when he heard a crash， and hurrying in hefound a plaster bust of Napoleon lying shattered intofragments. It seemed just to be one of those sense-less crimes which occur from time to time.
"The second case， however， was more serious，and also more singular. It occurred only last night.Not far from Morse Hudson''s shop there lives a wellknown medical practitioner， named Dr.Barnicot.Being an enthusiastic admirer of Napoleon， he re-cently purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicateplaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by theFrench artist， Devine. One of these he placed in hishome at Kennington Road， and the other in his officeat Lower Brixton. The doctor; this morning， foundthe cast missing from his home.It was discovereddashed into pieces in his garden. "
Holmes rubbed his hands.
"This is certainly very novel，" said he.
"Indeed， it is. And you can imagine the doctor''samazement when， on arriving at his office， he foundhis second bust had also been smashed.In neithercase were there any signs which could give us a clueas to who had done the mischief. Now， Mr. Holmes，you have got the facts. "
"May I ask whether the two busts were exact du-plicates of the one which was destroyed in MorseHudson''s shop？" asked Mr. Holmes.
"They were taken from the same mould. "
"Then， considering how many hundreds of stat-ues of the great Emperor must exist in London， Idoubt that this is a matter of hatred toward Napole-on.
"Well， how do you explain it then？"
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