http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31564442" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;A long-lost Sherlock Holmes story has been rediscovered more than a hundred years after it was first published.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the story, titled Sherlock Homes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by deduction, the Brig Bazaar, in 1904 to raise money for a bridge in Selkirk, Scotland.
It was unearthed by town resident Walter Elliot, 80, who discovered it under a pile of books in his attic.
He believes it may have lain there for almost 50 years.
The 1,300-word tale was printed in a 48-page book of short stories, Book o' the Brig.
It was put together by locals to raise money to replace a bridge over the Ettrick river that had been destroyed by floods in 1902.
Conan Doyle, who was a regular visitor to the area, agreed to contribute a story.
In it Holmes deduces that Watson is going on a trip to Selkirk.
Read the story in pdf form here:
http://www.docdroid.net/file/view/se7f/ ... e-brig.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;