The Secret Life of Vincent Spalding

Kurt Wilson was hired by a solicitor to copy out the encyclopedia Britannica. After eight weeks of writing about abbots and archery, armour and architecture he had pretty nearly filled a shelf with his writings. And then suddenly the whole business came to an end. He went to work as usual at ten o'clock but the door was shut and locked with a little square of cardboard hammered onto the middle of the panel with a tack. Here it is and you can read for yourself. October the 9th 1890. The red-headed league is dissolved. To an end? Yes, sir. And no later than this morning. Pray, what steps did you take when you found the