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Edgar Wallace

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Immerse yourself in the thrilling enigma of "If" by Edgar Wallace, where every choice leads to a different destiny. When a brilliant detective stumbles upon a cryptic message, a chain of suspenseful events unfolds, blurring the lines between reality and illusion. With each twist and turn, secrets unravel and the stakes soar higher, making this a mesmerizing read that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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IF—?

A Short Story

Author: Edgar Wallace

Edited by: Seif Moawad

Copyright © 2024 by Al-Mashreq eBookstore

First published in The Strand Magazine, August 1919

This short story is based on a comedy scene featured in the long-running musical review Joy Bells, which premiered at the Hippodrome Theatre in London on March 25, 1919. The review was written by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and Thomas J. Gray, and the music was composed by Frederick Chapelle. It ran for a total of 723 performances.

No part of this publication may be reproduced whole or in part in any form without the prior written permission of the author

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Table of Contents

IF—?

A Short Story

IF—?

Landmarks

The Council of Justice

Cover

IF—?

 

THE war had soured Hector Smith. It had drawn a line between comparative youth and comparative middle-age. It had burst inconveniently, as wars have a habit of bursting, upon more than one half-matured scheme of his, and had scattered them to bits and left him the poorer. To be exact, it had left Mary the poorer, because it was Mary's money that went, of which fact it had become a habit of hers to remind him.

But more souring, bits of boys, the merest urchins, to be patronized or ignored in the old days, had obtruded themselves upon his and the public's attentions. The balance of life was over-set. The inconsiderable factors (in which category he included these boys who now strutted consciously be-ribboned through his world) had grown to such importance that they overshadowed the real big things of life, such as his handicap at golf, his bridge hands, the remarkable poverty of intelligence on the part of his partners, and the like.