Category: Short Stories
I. THE MAN IN RATCATCHER II. "AN ARROW AT A VENTURE" III. THE HOUSE BY THE HEADLAND IV. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT PLAY CARDS V. A QUESTION OF PERSONALITY VI. THE UNBROKEN LINE VII. THE REAL TEST VIII. "GOOD HUNTING, OLD CHAP" IX. THE MAN WITH HIS HAND IN HIS POCKET X. A PAYMENT ON...
I have travelled into most corners of the world, in the course of forty years' wandering; I have been through the monsoon going south to Singapore from Japan, I have been caught...
11. Part 11"If I had my way," snarled the General, fiercely, "I'd flog that young swine Parker to within an inch of his worthless life. And then I'd put a trap on his own leg."
5. Part 5"It's very good of you, doctor," I said; "but, seeing that you are a medical man, I really must ask you to come and look at this youngster first. I'd never forgive myself if by...
12. Part 12But there are other things in this world more important even than a debt of gratitude to the most celebrated of Actors, and half an hour later the boy and the girl were still pa...
8. Part 8"Why didn't you tell me at the beginning?" she demanded, staring at him with level eyes. "Why lie about it? It seems so unnecessary and petty. And then--to hit Jake over the hea...
2. Part 2"You forgot to take my cap," he said to the secretary, with a smile. "If you like I will send it along by post; or, if you prefer it, I have it on me now."
1. Part 1I. THE MAN IN RATCATCHER II. "AN ARROW AT A VENTURE" III. THE HOUSE BY THE HEADLAND IV. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT PLAY CARDS V. A QUESTION OF PERSONALITY VI. THE UNBROKEN LINE VII....
6. Part 6He sighed ponderously; he was a good-hearted individual, was John Ferrers, but anything which deviated from his idea of the normal generally called forth a mild outburst. Also h...
13. Part 13"She had a weak heart, Mr. Merton," continued Paul Harker, slowly. "Any sudden shock, such as a hand grasping her throat"--his voice shook a little--"would have been liable to k...
7. Part 7It was some time since she had been in the works, and the change was the more pronounced because of it. Instead of cheery smiles, sullen faces and black looks followed them wher...
15. Part 15During the war, business, even in the height of the season, had not been good. The Get-Rich-Quick brigade, whose horizon was bounded by half-crown cigars and champagne at any an...
10. Part 10From all of which it will be seen what the general feeling in the house was towards Peter Benton on the night in question. And Peter, a very discerning young man, was not slow t...
3. Part 3"I very nearly came and looked you up in your grubby old office to-day," she said, putting his tie straight. "And then I knew that I'd get on a bus going the wrong way, and I ha...
14. Part 14Hewson swung round as the girl came in from the garden. She was wearing a floppy sun-bonnet, and it suddenly struck him that she was one of the loveliest things he had ever seen...
9. Part 9She left the room, and for a while I stood by the window staring out into the night. Was it my imagination, or did I see the head-lights of a car coming over the pass in the dis...
16. Part 16"And now, my lady of the links, comes the point. There came a time--one night, to be exact--when in the silence of his dugout a thought crept into his mind, a nasty, persistent...