Poet Walter Elliot, 80, found the 1,300 tale starring the famous sleuth in a collection of short stories written for a local bazaar. The wooden bridge in the Scottish town of Selkirk was destroyed by the great flood of 1902 and locals organised a three-day event to raise funds for a new one in 1904. As part of the event, organisers sold a collection of short stories by locals called ''The Book o' the Brig''.

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