The Red Circle: Extracts from the Daily Gazette's Personal Column

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Red Circle
Title: Extracts from the Daily Gazette's Personal Column
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: 'If the lady who fainted in the Brixton bus' – she does not interest me.
A charming young man does his own detective work.

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If the lady who fainted in the Brixton bus
applies to A. Prince, she can reclaim her shoe.
(Also pumpkin and pet mice.)

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Found your godmother: knows no current address.
(Mice pining.)

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Greengrocer remembers selling pumpkin. Left note.
(Are your mice girl and boy?)

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For sale: baby mice.

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Message received! Ballroom, Saturday.
Will bring shoe.

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Ella, will you marry me?

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Comments

[trillsabells.livejournal.com]

Aw, I love the idea of a whole romance (and even a fairytale) being played out in the personals.

And also that it could happen under Holmes' nose without him caring one whit.

[methylviolet10b]

Bwhahahahaha!!!! This is utterly charming. ;-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Watson would be following the romance though - misty-eyed ^_^

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Charming is certainly a suitable description for this particular fairytale ^_^ Thank you so much! ^^

[debriswoman]

Very well done:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is not only lovely, but extremely inventive. If only Holmes had bothered to follow the entries in the Gazette.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^

I missed seeing one of your poems this time, so I've written a poem for you. (Keeping to the 60 word rule, of course ^^):

I had finished The Tale of Black Gorgiano
And Where His Dark Dealings Had Led.
“Shall I read it to you?” I asked my companion.
"No,” the dear fellow said.
“Hmm,” I considered, “the title’s too awkward
“I need something shorter instead.
“But all of my thoughts go around in a circle.”
Holmes sighed: “We can take that as re(a)d.”

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^

I do think Holmes wouldn't have found this case difficult and interesting enough probably. But you and debriswoman have solved a mystery for me - why the poor young lady fainted in the first place *giggles*

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I suspect that even Holmes might have been stumped by the cousin of the giant rat of Sumatra.

[debriswoman]

Excellent work.:-)
Post it as an actual entry so more will see it:-)
Go on...

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

You talked me into it ^_^

[debriswoman]

pleased to hear it:-)