Thereafter he wrote three stories and gave them under the title of 'Hanshichi Torimonocho' to a magazine called "Bungei Kurabu" (Literature Club) when it asked him to write a series, which started from the January issue of the following year.
そして3篇を執筆、『文芸倶楽部』から連載物を頼まれてこれを「半七捕物帳」の題で渡し、翌年1月号から連載された。