tourist finds himself embroiled in a dastardly plot. In the story, while lodging in Paris naïve young Silas Q. Scuddamore is lured away by a beautiful young lady who promises a secret assignation but fails to appear. Returning to his hotel dejected he is shocked to discover a dead man in his bed. Kindly neighbour Dr. Noel arranges for Scuddamore and the body (concealed in a Saratoga trunk) to be smuggled to London in the company of Prince Florizel. Once in London, Florizel discovers the plot and reveals the victim to be Geraldine’s younger brother who has been murdered by the President of the Suicide Club in his escape from custody. The Adventure of the Hansom Cab The third and final story in the cycle is set in the gas-lit streets of Victorian era London where a retired British soldier looks for adventure. In the story, former Lieutenant Brackenbury Rich is beckoned into the back of an elegantly appointed Hansom by a mysterious cabman who whisks him off to a party. There the host continuously assesses his various guests and asks them to depart until only a handful are left. The host then reveals himself to be Colonel Geraldine and invites Rich to join him on a secret mission. They travel to a discreet location where Prince Florizel, with the assistance of Dr. Noel, has finally ensnared the President of the Suicide Club. The Prince challenges the President to a duel to the death and emerges victorious. Adaptations 1909: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company acquired the film rights in 1908 and director D. W. Griffith used the concept of the suicide club as the basis of his 4-minute short The Suicide Club but the plot bore little resemblance to Stevenson’s stories. 1913: A 40-minute German version Der Geheimnisvolle Klub 1914: A British version The Suicide Club (1914) starring Montagu Love as Prince Florizel. 1919: Richard Oswald directed another German movie version as the fourth segment of Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) starring Anita Berber and Conrad Veidt as Club President. 1929: Canadian playwright and theatrical manager Hugh Abercrombie Anderson successfully adapted the work for the stage, receiving good reviews. 1932: Oswald remade his film of 1919 retaining the title Unheimliche Geschichten but with a new cast led by Paul Wegener. Footage from this film was later edited into Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1943). 1936: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted the story for Trouble for