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Gentlemen and Players
The master criminal Raffles sets his sights on a priceless collection of jewels. Crime story in which the villain is the hero.
The Indian Wars And Wayne's Victory
The Indians, who had been so well generaled and fought so ably, failed to follow up their victory by moving on the American settlements in force. The battle of Fallen Timbers was fought on the 20th...
The Inconsiderate Waiter
William's lapse into ingratedom began when he brought me oysters, and I was taken aback by his manner. A girl saw William and nodded three times to him, and William's face grew white as a...
The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York
Jim Shorthouse's private secretaryship was never clear to me. Mr. Jonas B. Sidebotham watched him narrowly and struck a match. The two men talked in low voices for another hour, and then the silent...
One of Several Talking Men
Because my head is a magnet for bullets, I am spending the day indoors. I stuffed myself into the reliquary, and I am finding movement difficult, but I would not dream of dancing in this outfit.
The Venial Sin
Bruyn returned from the Crusades laden with crowns and precious stones, and made the country so contented and free from robbers that during the great over-flowing of the he never spared the...
Grace
Two gentlemen tried to lift the man up, but a constable entered and took him by the other arm. The manager brought the constable to inspect the scene of the accident. Mr Kernan tasted tea and was...
Doorstep Acquaintance
One of my friends is a blithesome troubadour, but prefers with the expanding spring to lay aside his grimy basket. A little old Genoese lady comes to sell us pins, needles, thread, tape, and the...
A Convert of the Mission
Stephen Masterton was dragged from the tent of the Tasajara camp meeting and placed in a dilapidated adobe house. There he kept loyal faith with his physician and gave himself up to simple walks...
Ward 6
Dr Ragin is honest and intelligent but lacks the strength of character to see to it that life around him is honest and intelligent - which h
The Terror of the Beautiful Is Our Terror Too
We can’t be other than we are and we are hungry for some fruit...
Daughters of the Vicar
The Reverend Ernest Lindley, aged twenty-seven, was first vicar of Aldecross. On Sunday morning, the whole family went down the lane to church. Mr Lindley went down to Aldecross with a packet of...