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Tonight, we\u2019ll read the first half to \u201cThe Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist\u201d written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as part of 1903\u2019s \u201cThe Return of Sherlock Holmes\u201d. The second half will air next week.\n\nIn this adventure, Holmes and Watson are visited by a young lady named Violet Smith. She explains that her father's recent passing left her financially destitute and that her only other relative, an uncle named Ralph Smith, lives in Africa.\n\nOne day, she meets two men visiting from South Africa, who claim to be friends of her now-deceased uncle. They claim that Ralph also passed on in poverty like his brother, but asked them to take care of his relatives.\n\nThis was not one of Doyle\u2019s favorites- he criticized himself for mentioning in this story that Violet Smith's visit to Holmes occurred on Saturday, April 23, 1895. In actuality, the 23rd of April that year fell on a Tuesday.\n\u2014 read by 'N' \u2014\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices