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PREFACE I. Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective II. “Q.” A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural III. Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry IV. Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen V. A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft VI...
It was a fireproof table and refused to burn. He held it to the door. The door was fireproof. He applied it to the bookcase. He ran the match along the books. They were all fire...
6. Chapter 6Perfectly calm now, he stepped to a locker, rummaged in it a moment, and drew out a faded piece of yellow parchment, which he spread on the table. It was a map or chart. In the...
7. Chapter 7He passed out of the house, and standing in the yard, looked over the snow to the cedar swamp beyond with the snow winding through it, far in the distance the lights of the vill...
2. Chapter 2“Yes,” said Annerly, “that at any rate was generally understood. I myself saw them off on the steamer, and shook hands with Q, standing at the same time quite close to him.”
5. Chapter 5Indeed, most of the great events of Scotch history had taken place in the Glen, while the little loch had been the scene of some of the most stirring naval combats in the histor...
3. Chapter 3“I defy you,” he said. “Henceforth you are no father of mine. I will get another. I will marry none but a woman I can love. This girl that we have never seen—”
1. Chapter 1PREFACE I. Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective II. “Q.” A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural III. Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry IV. Gertrude the...
8. Chapter 8“I wish,” he said, “that you hadn’t that peculiar, excitable way of talking; you speak as if everything _mattered_ so tremendously. Yes,” he continued, “we live for ever, unless...