TUESDAY, December 11TH AT 7PM: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

SPOILER ALERT: The Goose gets the short
end of this particular adventure.

Caledonia Skytower returns to Baker Street for the story of The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, which first appeared in The Strand Magazine in January 1892.

One December, Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street to offer Holmes season’s greetings and best wishes, only to find the Great Detective earnestly studying a battered hat. Holmes explains it had been delivered by commissionaire Peterson, who had witnessed a scuffle between some men, all of whom had run off, one of them dropping the hat and a Christmas goose in the process. Happy to let Peterson keep the goose, Holmes had found the hat to be of great interest, and by the time Watson arrives, had formed a quite clear set of deductions concern its owner, which he then proceeds to relate to the good Doctor.

Their conversation is interrupted by the return of Peterson, who presents Holmes with The Blue Carbuncle, a priceless jewel stolen from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar a few days previously. Peterson explains he found the jewel inside the goose. Having been quick on the case at the time of the theft, the police had already arrested known felon John Horner, who had previously been seen in the Countess’ suite cleaning the fireplace, and charge him with the theft. But Horner had from the start protested his innocence, and the police had been unable to locate the jewel, leading them to believe it is in the possession of an accomplice.

So could it be that the man who dropped the goose and hat was Horner’s mysterious accomplice, or is something else going on? And why hide the jewel in a goose? For Holmes and Watson, the game is once again, very much afoot! Live on Stream.

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SUNDAY, March 15th: TWO STORIES IN TWO VIRTUAL WORLDS

Beware the Ides of March?  You needn't at Seanchai Libraries.  We have two great story sessions today in two virtual worlds:

11:00am at Seanchai Kitely - THE QUIET MAN with Caledonia 

If you missed it at Seanchai SL then here's your chance to catch up.  If you are an OS devotee and you haven't heard this story, or Caledonia presenting this story, you are in for a rare treat!

"Shawn Kelvin, a blithe young lad of 20, went to the States to seek his fortune. And 15 years thereafter he returned to his native Kerry, his blitheness sobered and his youth dried to the core, and whether he had made his fortune or whether he had not no one could be knowing for certain. For he was a quiet man, not given to talking about himself and the things he had done."

Presented Live in Voice, All times PDT - grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai

1:30pm at Seanchai SL in the Fireside Room 

TEA TIME at Baker Street

Join Corwyn, Kayden, and Caledonia as they continue at the beginning of the Holmesian canon - "The Adventures

of Sherlock Holmes" 

THIS WEEK: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near priceless jewel, The "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Though the police have yet to find the jewel, and despite Horner's claims of innocence, the police are sure that they have the thief - or at least one of them. Horner's record, and his presence in the Countess's room where he was cleaning a fireplace, are all the police need.

At 221B, Watson pays a visit to Holmes, finding the detective contemplating a battered old hat, one brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson. Both the hat and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Holmes is far more interested in the hat than the goose, which Peterson takes home for dinner. Although the hat bears the owner's name - Henry Baker - the police have little hope of finding the man. Peterson soon returns excited, carrying the Blue Carbuncle, claiming that the carbuncle was found in the found goose's throat. How on earth did it get there?

Come find a comfy seat  downstairs by the fireside, and pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy, presented live in voice. All times PDT