The Unfortunate Financier

First published as The Whipping of Uncle Oats in the Empire News (Oct 8, 1933) then in 3 issues of The Saint Detective Magazine (Aus - Aug 1955, UK - Oct 1955, & US - Sep 1956) and 1 issue of Argosy (UK - Nov 1968) with the title it is currently known by. Also published in the collections The Saint Intervenes, The Saint At Large and The First Saint Omnibus.
The swindler specializing in Middle East oil stock scams did not know his new secretary is Patricia Holm, girlfriend of the Saint.