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Roads of DestinyRoads of Destiny Roads of Destiny -- The Guardian of the Accolade -- The Discounters of Money -- The Enchanted Profile -- "Next to Reading Matter" -- Art and the Bronco -- Phoebe -- A Double-dyed Deceiver -- The Passing of Black Eagle --...
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The Mystery of OrcivalThe Mystery of Orcival By On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o'clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing. There was no tree...
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Ferragus, Chief of the DévorantsFerragus, Chief of the Dévorants Thirteen men were banded together in Paris under the Empire, all imbued with one and the same sentiment, all gifted with sufficient energy to be faithful to the same thought, with sufficient honor among themselves never to betray one...
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The Adventures of GerardThe Adventures of Gerard I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of...
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The Foolish VirginThe Foolish Virgin LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY THE FOOLISH VIRGIN CHAPTER I. A FRIENDLY WARNING CHAPTER II. TEMPTATION CHAPTER III. FATE CHAPTER IV. DOUBTS AND FEARS CHAPTER V. WINGS OF STEEL CHAPTER VI. BESIDE THE SEA CHAPTER VII. A VAIN APPEAL CHAPTER VIII....
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A Monk of FifeA Monk of Fife - Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of Pitcullo, Concerning Marvellous Deeds That Befell in the Realm of France, in the Years of Our Redemption, MCCCCXXIX-XXXINorman Leslie of Pitcullo, whose narrative the reader has in his hands, refers more...
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The Brick Moon, and Other StoriesThe Brick Moon, and Other StoriesTO read these stories again, thirty and more years after they were written, is to recall many memories, sad or glad, with which this reader need not be interrupted. But I have to make sure that they are intelligible...
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Little NovelsLittle Novels THE course of this narrative describes the return of a disembodied spirit to earth, and leads the reader on new and strange ground. Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself....
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After DarkAfter Dark I have taken some pains to string together the various stories contained in this Volume on a single thread of interest, which, so far as I know, has at least the merit of not having been used before. The pages entitled Leahs...
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"I Say No""I Say No" Outside the bedroom the night was black and still. The small rain fell too softly to be heard in the garden; not a leaf stirred in the airless calm; the watch-dog was asleep, the cats were indoors; far or near, under...
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My Lady's MoneyMy Lady's Money OLD Lady Lydiard sat meditating by the fireside, with three letters lying open on her lap. Time had discolored the paper, and had turned the ink to a brownish hue. The letters were all addressed to the same personTHE RT. HON....
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The Evil Genius: A Domestic StoryThe Evil Genius: A Domestic Story BEFORE THE STORY. THE STORY FIRST BOOK. Chapter I. Mrs. Presty Presents Herself. Chapter II. The Governess Enters. Chapter III. Mrs. Presty Changes Her Mind. Chapter IV. Randal Receives His Correspondence. Chapter V. Randal Writes to New York....
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The Frozen DeepThe Frozen Deep The date is between twenty and thirty years ago. The place is an English sea-port. The time is night. And the business of the moment isdancing. The Mayor and Corporation of the town are giving a grand ball, in celebration of...
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The Two DestiniesThe Two Destinies I LOOKED at the house. It was an inn, of no great size, but of respectable appearance. If I was to be of any use to her that night, the time had come to speak of other subjects than the subject...
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The New MagdalenThe New Magdalen The time is autumn, in the year eighteen hundred and seventythe year of the war between France and Germany. The persons are, Captain Arnault, of the French army; Surgeon Surville, of the French ambulance; Surgeon Wetzel, of the German army; Mercy...
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The Lion and the UnicornThe Lion and the Unicorn Prentiss had a long lease on the house, and because it stood in Jermyn Street the upper floors were, as a matter of course, turned into lodgings for single gentlemen; and because Prentiss was a Florist to the Queen,...
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The Law and the LadyThe Law and the Lady IN offering this book to you, I have no Preface to write. I have only to request that you will bear in mind certain established truths, which occasionally escape your memory when you are reading a work of fiction....
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Miss or Mrs.?Miss or Mrs.? The night had come to an end. The new-born day waited for its quickening light in the silence that is never known on landthe silence before sunrise, in a calm at sea. Not a breath came from the dead air. Not...
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The Golden Fleece: A RomanceThe Golden Fleece: A Romance The professor crossed one long, lean leg over the other, and punched down the ashes in his pipe-bowl with the square tip of his middle finger. The thermometer on the shady veranda marked eighty-seven degrees of heat, and nature...
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The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the SupernaturalThe Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural The ferry-boat was waiting when Rebecca Flint got off the train with her bag and lunch basket. When she and her small trunk were safely embarked she sat stiff and straight and calm...
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