This collection is named for Guy Boothby's "A Crime of the
Underseas"; but there are other tales in this book as well -- "The
Phantom Stockman," "The Treasure of Sacramento Nick," "Into the
Outer Darkness," "The Story of Tommy Dodd and 'The Rooster'," "Quod
Erat Demonstrandum," "Cupid and Psyche," "Misplaced Affections,"
"In Great Waters," "Mr. Aristocrat," and finally "This Man and This
Woman." Boothby was and still is a delightful writer. See for
yourself
"Callingway was tracking an absconding Argentine Bank Manager,
and, as it afterwards transpired, was, when we came in contact with
him, on the point of getting possession of the money with which the
other had left the country. Needless to say he was not a Government
servant, nor were the Banking Company in question aware of his
endeavors. Lastly there was myself, Christopher Collon, aged
thirty-six, whose walk in life was even stranger, if such a thing
were possible, than those of the two men I have just described. Had
I been the possessor of a smart London office, a private secretary,
and half a dozen corresponding clerks, I should probably have
called myself a private detective . . ."
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