Category: Adventure
Copyright © 1963 by Irving Shepard All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publishers.
Copyright © 1963 by Irving Shepard All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without written per...
2. Part 2“What is becoming of your anarchism?” he queried slyly, chiefly for the purpose of covering up the modest confusion and happiness her words had caused. “It looked for a while, s...
3. Part 3“One name is as good as another,” the head of the Bureau went on imperturbably. “But you will find, in patronizing us, a keener, a more rigid standard of right-dealing than in t...
4. Part 4“She is a grown woman, so there is no need for guardianship papers. But she is unmarried, and I shall leave her a great deal of money, the investment of which you will have to s...
5. Part 5It was a depressing meal, Grunya taking nothing more than a cup of coffee, and Hall toying half-heartedly with an egg. The final convincing of Grunya was brought about by a tele...
6. Part 6“All our heads are in the noose,” retorted the member from New Orleans. “And guest or no guest, this is no time for social amenities. The man is a spy. He is bent on destroying...
7. Part 7“All moralists have been considered mad,” Breen retorted. “Or, to be precise, have been considered mad by the common ruck of their times. No moralist, unworthy of contempt, can...
8. Part 8“Hold!” Hanover shouted, in his excitement springing to his feet and waving his arms. “Swat--and I accept your word, Starkington, crude though it is, but expressive. Swat--and I...
9. Part 9She stared at the animated faces about the festive table with awe. They had the intent gleam in their eyes of scholars at a seminar. No one seemed in the slightest affected by t...
10. Part 10The edge of the sun was breaking evenly over the eastern horizon. Winter Hall, enjoying the warm breeze of the Pacific morning, was suddenly aware of a presence at his elbow. He...
11. Part 11They swung into the large entrance to the hotel. Beyond, in the bougainvillea-covered courtyard, a _luau_ was being held and the soft music of guitars could be heard. At their e...
12. Part 12The roads to the east were more complex. Some ran over Nuuanu Pali pass and ended in the bush, or meandered down to unnamed beaches. Another thin line marked a road running up a...
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