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The New Mistress: A TaleThe New Mistress: A TaleRemember, Hazel, said Mrs Thorne, remember thiswe may be reduced in circumstances; we may have been compelled by misfortune to come down into this wretched little town, and to live in this miserable, squeezy, poorly-furnished house or cottage, with the...
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John Ames, Native Commissioner: A Romance of the Matabele RisingJohn Ames, Native Commissioner: A Romance of the Matabele RisingThe kraal, a large one, surrounded by an oval ring-fence of thorn, contained some seventy or eighty huts. Three or four smaller kraals were dotted around within a mile of it, and the whole lay...
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The King's Assegai: A Matabili StoryThe King's Assegai: A Matabili StoryYou were astonished when I refused your piece of gold, Nkose. But were you to offer me your waggon loaded up with just such shining gold pieces, even that would not coax this broad spear out of my possession....
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A Veldt Official: A Novel of CircumstanceA Veldt Official: A Novel of CircumstanceHe who thus uttered his thoughts aloud looked up from the sheet of paper in his hand, and gazed forth over the blue waters of Algoa Bay. Over the vessels riding at their anchorage his gaze wandered, over...
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My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central AfricaMy Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central AfricaAbout four miles north of the city of Zanzibar, and about half a mile removed from a beautiful bay, lived, not many years ago, surrounded by his kinsmen and friends, a noble Arab of...
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A Question of MarriageA Question of MarriageThe grey London sunlight shone on the face of the patient as she sat facing the long window of the consulting-room, on the finely cut features, sensitive lips, and clear, dilated eyes. The doctor sat in the shadow, leaning back in...
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Renshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High VeldtRenshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High VeldtThus the owner of the bright, sparkling face which was turned, half mockingly, half ruefully, upon that of her companion. Looking out killingly from under the broad-brimmed hat, the dark, lustrous eyes seemed to melt into...
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The Sapphire CrossThe Sapphire CrossOh, how sweet the pines smell, Marion! I declare its quite bliss to get down here in these wilds, with the free wind blowing the London smoke out of your back hair, and no one to criticise and make remarks. I wont...
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A Secret of the LebomboA Secret of the LebomboThe sun flamed down from a cloudless sky upon the green and gold of the wide valley, hot and sensuous in the early afternoon. The joyous piping of sheeny spreeuws mingled with the crowing of cock koorhans concealed amid the...
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Sir Hilton's SinSir Hilton's SinDab, aunt dear. Margarine. That wouldnt do, of course; but the marmalades nearly all sugarthats carbonand the butters all carbon, too; and then theres a lot of acid in the oranges, and it all combines, and one kills the other and does...
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With Rifle and Bayonet: A Story of the Boer WarWith Rifle and Bayonet: A Story of the Boer WarThe last few rays of a cold September sunset were streaming through the High Street of a large and populous village called Redford, in the county of Surrey, lighting up the pretty red-brick cottages and...
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Tales of South AfricaTales of South AfricaIt was not until my second seasons hunting with Koenraad du Plessis that I heard of Verloren Vlei, a place I am never likely to forget. Du Plessis was a Transvaal Boer, descended, as his name implies, from that good Huguenot...
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Into the Unknown: A Romance of South AfricaInto the Unknown: A Romance of South AfricaWell, old man, what do we do next? The speaker, a fine young fellow of some five-and-twenty summers, reclining on the rough grass, with clouds of tobacco-smoke filtering through his lips, looked the picture of comfort, his...
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The White Hand and the Black: A Story of the Natal RisingThe White Hand and the Black: A Story of the Natal RisingA weight had fallen from himthe weight of a lifetime; the galling, hopeless, demoralising weight which had paralysed his energies, sterilised his brain, and, in the case of a subject less clear-sighted, would...
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Zero the Slaver: A Romance of Equatorial AfricaZero the Slaver: A Romance of Equatorial AfricaThe above-named Sum will be paid to any person giving information which will lead to the discovery of the whereabouts of a young Englishman named Richard Grenville, who was last seen at Durban on 15th December, 1877....
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'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir WarThe dog is some fifty yards behind the buck. The Kafir is about the same distance behind the dog, which distance he is striving right manfully to maintain; not so unsuccessfully, either, considering that...
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In the Whirl of the RisingIn the Whirl of the RisingThe word cut crisply and sharp through the clear frosty air, lashing and keen as the wind that stirred the crystal-spangled pines, and the musical ring of skate-blades upon the ice-bound surface of the mere. She who uttered it...
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A Veldt VendettaA Veldt VendettaMy own fault? No doubt. It is usually said so, at any rate, so of course must be true. For I, Kenrick Holt, who do this tale unfold, am not by nature and temperament an expansive animal, rather the reverse, being constitutionally...
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The White ShieldThe White ShieldWe were talking about Rorkes Drift and of Kambla, in the battles fought at which places these two warriors had borne arms. They were fine, tall, martial-looking Zulus, and both head-ringed. They carried small shields, and a perfect arsenal of assegaisbeautifully-made weapons...
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Ideas of Good and EvilIdeas of Good and EvilI think it was a Young Ireland Society that set my mind running on popular poetry. We used to discuss everything that was known to us about Ireland, and especially Irish literature and Irish history. We had no Gaelic, but...
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