The Trap

Written by R. T. M. Scott

Copyright 1922

Published in The Black Mask, April 1922, then in The Detective Magazine, UK October 26, 1923. Reprinted in the collection Secret Service Smith.
Aurelius Smith learns that there is a price on his head for his activities with the CID. On a train trip to Calcutta, an attempt is made to kill him, all because of his interference with jewel thefts.