The Affair of Hogsbotham
Written by
Leslie Charteris
Copyright 1939
First published as The Saint At Bay in Detective Fiction Weekly (August 6, 1938) then as The Saint On Parade in The Thriller Library (December 10, 1938). Published only with the current known title in the collections and The First Saint Omnibus.
Ebenezer Hogsbotham is determined to rid England of all vices. The Saint decides to rob him for fun but picks the wrong house.