E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenbert Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE HAMPSTEAD MYSTERY BY JOHN R. WATSON & ARTHUR J. REES 1916 TO ARTHUR BLACK IN MEMORY OF OLD TIMES CHAPTER I “Hallo! Is that Hampstead Police Station?” “Yes. Who are you?” “Detective-Inspector Chippenfield of Scotland Yard. Tell Inspector Seldon