Murray Leinster
Read this Russian short story in the original on Самовар — free, no account needed.
THE AMBULANCE MADE TWO TRIPS
By MURRAY LEINSTER
Illustrated by Scoenherr
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction April 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?
Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald found a package before his door that morning, along with the milk. He took it inside and opened it. It was a remarkably fine meerschaum pipe, such as the sergeant had longed irrationally to own for many years. There was no message with it, nor any card. He swore bitterly.
Самовар — the whole library / вся библиотека