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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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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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Thy Name Is WomanThy Name Is WomanAfter the Doctor gave him the hypo and left the ship, Bowren lay in absolute darkness wondering when the change would start. There would be pain, the Doctor had said. "Then you won't be aware of anythinganything at all." That was...
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The HuddlersThe HuddlersThat's what we always called them, where I come from, huddlers. Damnedest thing to see from any distance, the way they huddle. They had one place, encrusting the shore line for miles on one of the land bodies they called the Eastern Seaboard....
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The VictorThe VictorCharles Marquis had a fraction of a minute in which to die. He dropped through the tubular beams of alloydem steel and hung there, five thousand feet above the tiers and walkways below. At either end of the walkway crossing between the two...
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Mask of DeathMask of DeathAround the almost landlocked harbor were beautiful homes, bathing-beaches, parks. On the single Main Street were model stores. Small hotels and inns were scattered on the outskirts. Streets were laid, radiating from the big hotel in the center of town like spokes...
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Villa Eden: The Country-House on the RhineVilla Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine"Be patient a few: minutes longer! There's a man beckoning to go with us," said the boatman to his passengers, two women and one man. The man was gray-haired, of slender form, rubicund face, and blue eyes of...
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The Merchants of VenusThe Merchants of Venus"Workham! How long do you think we're going to stand for this! At the rate you're going, there won't be a man left on Venus or a dollar in the budget! What kind of a personnel director are you? Don't you...
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Rats in the BelfryRats in the BelfryThis little guy Stoddard was one of the toughest customers I'd ever done business with. To look at him you'd think he was typical of the mild pleasant little sort of suburban home owner who caught the eight-oh-two six days a...
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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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Young WallingfordYoung WallingfordA natural again! exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leinigers Select Caf, with a five and a deuce showing. Somebody ring the bell for me, because Im a-going to...
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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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