Stromboli and the Guns

Stromboli and the Guns The Short Shrift of the Filibuster The Hunted Pole The Counter Revolution The Man with the Ultimatum The Friend of the Policeman The Secret Society The Vi...

"'It is an easy condition, sir,' I continued, 'or I would not affront you by proposing it. I only ask your promise that, whatever may happen, whatever the provocation, you, as c...

"'Prisoner,' he said gravely, 'in consideration of the fact that you have amused the court, the court has decided upon a mitigation of your sentence.' Hope flattered me again, b...

"These villages--Chailly, Saint Legier, and the rest--are, I should tell you, the usual hiding-places of Russian refugees. I do not say, of course, that to have a 'usual hiding-...

It was a name that I knew--a name that everybody knew. Hiram P. Van Schuyler was a millionaire--a railroad king. It puzzled me to think what he could want in seeking the acquain...

"My anger was aroused, but I felt that I still held a trump card. With a flourish of my arm I drew my cheque-book and waved it in the air.

"'I am Colonel Sombrero, of the President's bodyguard.' he said. 'If your Excellency will do me the great honour of accepting a cigar----' I took one. Captain Shagg said that he...

"Imagine that march! Beginning as a small procession, it grew into a mighty mob, with red flags flying and a brass band playing; and at the head of it, Fifine and I walked, arm-...

"My carriage rattled over the stones and set me down in my hotel. Another stalwart individual was waiting there. He, too, was an ornamental person; he wore wide velvet breeches...

"There were no difficulties to be encountered. The tax-collectors of the Government must have envied me the simplicity of my task. There were no troublesome forms to be filled u...

"'That's all right, Bottled Bass,' I said; 'we'll see about the chop later on. Meanwhile get this gate open, and tell Senussi-el-Mahdi I want to see him. Say I've got a letter f...