Richard Harding Davis
A Charmed Life
She loved him so. Miss Armitage explained her position, and Chesterton drew her to him and held her close. Chesterton fell upon his saddle-bags and began to distribute his possessions among the...
A Question of Latitude
Everett was a healthy, clean-minded enthusiast who soon discovered that passengers not in the service of that king held aloof from the Belgians. Dr. Stewart rode his bicycle into a native village,...
A Wasted Day
The Wisest Man in Wall Street decided to pay the price for Homer Firth's proposal to build a new road with blue flint and silver firs. Arnold Thorndike was occupied with details of daily routine as...
Billy and the Big Stick
President Hamilear Poussevain withdrew the Wilmot Electric Light concession, surrounded the power-house with his barefooted army, and fired Billy. Billy left the Cafe Ducrot and made his way to the...
Gallegher
Gallegher was short and broad in build, wore a happy smile, and was good at amusing the Press's young men. He loved crime. Gallegher's knowledge of aliases led him to the Burrbank murder, but the...
My Buried Treasure
This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The captain suspiciously accepted a cigar and offered to pay for the search and to write the story with his name left out. The train came to a...
Peace Manoeuvres
Lathrop spun the front wheel swiftly and saw a small boy approaching. He answered that he carried nothing but fresh-baked bread. Miss Farrar turned her back on Lathrop and smiled vindictively. Two...
The Amateur
Austin Ford ordered hot gin for himself and the ship's doctor, and the ship's doctor sank into the leather cushion close to Ford's elbow. The widow was lying on the sofa, Ford sat down on a steamer...
The Consul
Henry Marshall was appointed by Lincoln as a United States consul in Porto Banos. He brought content to the exiles. The SERAPIS, showing she had met the hurricane, steamed into the harbor, and the...
The Frame Up
Wharton was up-town lunching at Delmonico's when the voice over the telephone promised to name the man who killed Hermann Banf. He believed the injustice would soon end. Rumson and the detective...
The Log of the "Jolly Polly"
Temptation came to me when I was in the worst possible position to resist it. A letter from Fairharbor, Massachusetts, signed Fletcher Farrell, asked if I were related to the Farrells of...
The Make-Believe Man
I had made up my mind that I would spend my vacation seeking adventures, but Kinney protested that this was no way to spend a vacation or to invite adventure. Friday night came and found us...