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The Tragedy of a Third Smoker | C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne | A Bitesized Audiobook

Over a cigar in their club, an eminent Q.C. regales his companion with an account of the time when he, as counsel for the defence, had to turn private detective to investigate a mysterious death in a third-class railway carriage, and attempt to save his client from a capital charge... The story begins at 00:01:20 Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content): Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesize... Monthly support on Patreon:   / bitesizedaudio   Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: https://bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month:    / bitesizedaudioclassics   Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:20 The Tragedy of a Third Smoker 00:27:50 Credits, thanks and further listening Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866–1944) was born in Bibury, Gloucestershire. Usually credited as C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, or sometimes simply as Cutcliffe Hyne, he also published works under the pen names Weatherby Chesney and Nicholson West. He is perhaps best remembered today for his Captain Kettle stories, a popular series of seafaring stories which appeared in Pearson's Magazine in the 1896 and continued in various periodicals (including Pearson's, Cassell's and The London Magazine) as well as several books, into the late 1930s. The character of Captain Kettle is said to have partly inspired Joseph Conrad in writing 'Heart of Darkness' (1899); Conrad is known to have read the Kettle stories in Pearson's and some of the imagery and themes from Hyne's tales of the brave and decisive Captain are reflected in Conrad's work. Aside from the Kettle stories, Hyne's most enduring and best-remembered work is probably the fantasy novel 'The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis' (1899), which retold the story of the lost island imagined by Plato. Both under his own name, and as Weatherby Chesney, Hyne penned innumerable short stories for many of the most popular newspapers and periodicals of the day. Hyne married Mary Elizabeth Haggas circa 1895 and they had at least two children together; their eldest son Charles was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and died of his injuries. Their daughter Mildred was born in 1902 and lived until 1999. C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne died in Kettlewell, Yorkshire, in March 1944, aged 77; his wife had pre-deceased him in 1938. 'The Tragedy of a Third Smoker: A Story of the Metropolitan Railway' was first published in 'The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine' in September 1898. Recording © Bitesized Audio 2025.