He went around to a number of the bookstores one day and inquired for them.

I told him afterward they were never published; that when Mr.Holmes saw the effect on his servant he suppressed them, lest they should produce the same effect on the typesetters, editors, and the readers of the Boston newspapers.

My explanation never satisfied him.

I told him he might write to Mr.Holmes, and ask the privilege of reading the original manuscript, if it still was or ever had been in existence.

As one of my grand-nephews was troubled in exactly the same way, I decided to appeal myself to Dr.Holmes for the enlightenment of this second generation.