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Beadle's Pocket Novels Vol. VI, No. 74Little Rifle; or, The Young Fur HuntersAlong the shores of one of the branches of the Upper Columbia, a lad was making his way with a care and stealth that showed he was on the alert for danger, let it come in whatsoever form...
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Shaming the Speed LimitShaming the Speed LimitWhen Miss Elizabeth Wiggin settled herself comfortably in the shade of the spreading oak in Libbys pasture, she looked forward eagerly to a pleasant and quiet hour with her book, Wooed, Won, and Wedded. As may be surmised from the title...
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Wounded SoulsWounded SoulsIt is hard to recapture the spirit of that day we entered Lille. Other things, since, have blurred its fine images. At the time, I tried to put down in words the picture of that scene when, after four years slaughter of men,...
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Tomorrow the World!Tomorrow the World!It was like a cave, a great vaulted cave which echoed back my first hesitant movements on the slab and tossed them from wall to wall until the darkness about me was all one vast rustling. I felt my skin prickle into...
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So Many Worlds Away..So Many Worlds Away...He straightened, shrugged the kinks from his back and shoulders, and wiped his hands clean on a wad of waste. Crossing to the battered desk in the corner, he pushed back Margaret's picture, got out pen and paper, and wrote briefly:...
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The Advanced-GuardThe Advanced-Guard Fifty years ago the great port of Bab-us-Sahel was in its infancy. The modern ranges of wharfs and breakwaters were represented by a single half-finished pier, and vessels still discharged their passengers and cargo a mile from shore, to the imminent peril...
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Beyond the LawBeyond the LawThe question came quietly out of a long silence. The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partners grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice. Johnny Watson made no answer...
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Special DeliverySpecial DeliveryA cannonade of shell fire met the silver listening post as it zipped across the moonlit desert. It twisted erratically, trying to dodge. Then a radar controlled gun chuckled to itself, and the listening post faltered in flight, slipped air, plunged sandward. Afterwards,...
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The Battle of DorkingThe Battle of DorkingThe warnings and prophecies addressed to one generation must prove very ineffective if they are equally applicable to the next. But in the eloquent appeal published forty-three years ago, by General Chesney, with its vivid description and harrowing pathos, few readers...
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TheftTheftThompson poured himself a shot of rye and downed it in one quick movement. He then pulled out his tobacco pouch, filled his pipe and applied a flaming match to the bowl. He puffed clouds of fragrant smoke. He frowned deeply. It was a...
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La Poupée SanglanteLa Poupée SanglanteChapitre I. Derrire les rideaux II. O Bndict Masson n'est pas au bout de ses tonnements III. N'aurait-elle qu'un mtronome sous son corsage? IV. La rouge goutte de sang pse plus que la mer en colre V. Tu viens t'asseoir et tu...
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Destiny UncertainDestiny Uncertain"I'm never going to take my last breath," Lin said with a gloating tone that implied some deep secret. He waited until his remark had had its full dramatic moment, then added, "I'm simply going to take my next to last breath and...
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This World is Ours!This World is Ours!Max Field was listening at the door. He moved back so he could breathe again. Those dozens of little wounds in his chest and on his arms and neck stung like fire. His amiable young features were tense but resigned. This...
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The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore: A Farcical NovelThe Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore: A Farcical NovelThe gong at 37, Beaconsfield Gardens, South Kensington, thundered under the vigorous strokes of the bow-legged German waiter. By one, by two, by three, the boarders trooped down to dinner, the more sensitive to noise stopping their...
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The Mischievous TypesetterThe Mischievous TypesetterThe judge reared back. High-Pockets waited. "In my opinion," his honor began a little ambiguously, "a linotype operator is very near the bottom of the scale of humanity. There is only one person who stands beneath him. That is the poet." The...
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Indische HuwelijkenIndische HuwelijkenDe regen valt kletterend ner op stoffige wegen; op arme inlanders, die te vergeefs beproeven zich te beschutten met die meest primitieve aller parapluies, een pisangblad; op pikolpaarden, wier wankelende tred en droef nerhangende kop getuigen, dat hn tenminste niet kracht naar kruis...
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The DriverThe DriverThe sky is low and brooding, with an untimely thought of snow. Church bells are ringing. They sound remote and disapproving. Almost nobody is mindful of their call. The soul may miss its feast; the eye of wonder shall not be cheated. The...
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The House of SpiesThe House of Spies CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX...
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Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the FutureTheodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the FutureIf it had been possible for Theodore Savage to place on record for those who came after him the story of his life and experiences, he would have been the first to admit that the...
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Les XipéhuzLes XipéhuzLa tribu nomade de Pjehou, avec ses nes, ses chevaux, son btail, traversait la fort farouche de Kzour, vers le crpuscule du soir, dans locan de la mer oblique. Le chant du dclin senflait, planait, descendait des niches harmonieuses. Tout le monde tant...
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