The Project Gutenberg eBook, Four Max Carrados Detective Stories, by Ernest BramahThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Four Max Carrados Detective StoriesAuthor: Ernest BramahRelease Date: July 17, 2004 [eBook #12932] [Most recently updated: November 11, 2006]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOUR MAX CARRADOS DETECTIVE STORIES***E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders TeamFOUR MAX CARRADOS DETECTIVE STORIESbyERNEST BRAMAH1914CONTENTSTHE COIN OF DIONYSIUSTHE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEMTHE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGETHE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTORTHE COIN OF DIONYSIUSIt was eight o'clock at night and raining, scarcely a time when a business so limited in its clientele as that of a coin dealercould hope to attract any customer, but a light was still showing in the small shop that bore over its window the name ofBaxter, and in the even smaller office at the back the proprietor himself sat reading the latest Pall Mall. His enterpriseseemed to be justified, for presently the door bell gave its announcement, and throwing down his paper Mr. Baxter wentforward.As a matter of fact the dealer had been expecting someone and his manner as he passed ...