The Adventure of the Disappearing Doctor

FROM THE JOURNAL OF DOCTOR WATSON.

Sherlock Holmes seldom engaged in missing person investigations. He usually found them boring and most often rooted in some domestic squabble. He did, however, plunge full forward when he discovered the missing person in question was his long time friend, myself, Dr. Watson.

A policeman named Cragmount had discovered my bag in the alley behind the pub. Beside it was a strange little whistle and a handful of brightly coloured feathers. "Definitely fowl play" Holmes said, referring, a bit perversely, to the cluster of feathers. "And since it is nearly high tide, we haven't a moment to lose!"