40 Pounds of Trouble is a retelling of the story by the newspaperman of what nationality?
Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer.
The Club-Footed Grocer "The Clubfooted Grocer" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in "The Strand Magazine". It is a nineteenth-century short story about a man who goes to help his wealthy uncle, once a grocer and trader of jewelry and expensive artifacts. The narrator doesn’t know why he is called to help his uncle until he arrives and finds that his uncle has a death threat from someone who wants something the uncle possesses.