CHAPTER XIII Number Three

THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE BY E.W. HORNUNG ILLUSTRATED BY HARVEY T. DUNN 1906 CONTENTS I. The End of Their Life II. The Case for the Crown III. Name and Nature IV. The Man in the Train V. The Man in the Street VI. A Peripatetic Providence VII. A Morning Call VIII. The Dove and the Serpent IX. A Change of Scene X. A Slight Discrepancy XI. Another New Friend XII. Episode of the Invisible Visitor XIII. The Australian Room XIV. Battle Royal XV. A Chance Encounter XVI. A Match for Mrs. Venables XVII. Friends in Need XVIII. "They Which Were Bidden" XIX. Rachel's Champion XX. More Haste XXI. Worse Speed XXII. The Darkest Hour XXIII. Dawn XXIV. One Who Was Not Bidden XXV. A Point to Langholm XXVI. A Cardinal Point XXVII. The Whole Truth XXVIII. In the Matter of a Motive

STINGAREE By E. W. Hornung Illustrated By George W. Lambert

CONTENTS Page I. A Voice in the Wilderness 1 II. The Black Hole of Glenranald 32 III. "To the Vile Dust" 70 IV. A Bushranger at Bay 98 V. The Taking of Stingaree 121 VI. The Honor of the Road 144 VII. The Purification of Mulfera 168 VIII. A Duel in the Desert 190 IX. The Villain-Worshipper 215 X. The Moth and the Star 252 ILLUSTRATIONS "My name's Stingaree!" Frontispiece "Any message, young fellow?" 66 Mr. Kentish watched the little operation of "sticking up" without a word 98 The gray sergeant flung his arms round their prisoner 166 Stingaree toppled out of the saddle 198 The mare spun round, bucking as she spun 238 Stingaree knocked in vain 246

THE CAMERA FIEND By E. W. Hornung CONTENTS A CONSCIENTIOUS ASS A BOY ABOUT TOWN HIS PEOPLE A GRIM SAMARITAN THE GLASS EYE AN AWAKENING BLOOD-GUILTY POINTS OF VIEW MR. EUGENE THRUSH SECOND THOUGHTS ON PAROLE HUNTING WITH THE HOUNDS BOY AND GIRL BEFORE THE STORM A LIKELY STORY MALINGERING ON THE TRACK OF THE TRUTH A THIRD CASE THE FOURTH CASE WHAT THE THAMES GAVE UP AFTER THE FAIR THE SECRET OF THE CAMERA

A THIEF IN THE NIGHT FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A. J. RAFFLES CRICKETER AND CRACKSMAN By E. W. Hornung ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO CONTENTS Page Out of Paradise 1 The Chest of Silver 32 The Rest Cure 58 The Criminologists' Club 88 The Field of Philippi 122 A Bad Night 156 A Trap to Catch a Cracksman 184 The Spoils of Sacrilege 216 The Raffles Relics 247 The Last Word 278 ILLUSTRATIONS I think she must have seen us, even in the dim light Frontispiece Facing Page Raffles in the strong-room 54 It was the fire-eating and prison-inspecting colonel himself. He was ready for me, a revolver in his hand 76 Raffles was as excited as any of us now; he outstripped us all 106 He kept us laughing in his study until the chapel bells rang him out 152 The ragged trousers stripped from an evening pair 176 Down went the trap-door with a bang 232 No one can make out what this little thick velvet bag's for 260

THE SHADOW OF A MAN By E. W. Hornung

CONTENTS Page I. The Belle of Toorak 1 II. Injury 14 III. Insult 28 IV. Bethune of the Hall 39 V. A Red Herring 58 VI. Below Zero 67 VII. A Cavalier 84 VIII. The Kind of Life 97 IX. Pax in Bello 120 X. The Truth by Inches 134 XI. Bethune v. Bethune 147 XII. An Escapade 166 XIII. Blind Man's Block 180 XIV. His Own Coin 196 XV. The Fact of the Matter 206

WITCHING HILL By E. W. Hornung

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