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I once knew two industrious mechanics named Pierre and Baptiste. They dwelt in a ramshackle tenement at Sault aux Beloeuil, where each had half-a-dozen children to support, besides their wives; who, it is grievous to relate, were drones. They were only nominally acquainted wit...
It was some time before the health of my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, recovered from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the spring of '87. The whole question of the N...
10. Chapter 10Such was the verdict of the coroner's jury, and they could scarcely have declared anything else--there was not a tittle of evidence implicating another as the perpetrator of the...
8. Chapter 8"What could I do with myself in that Babylon, where everyone was gay while I was so wretched? How could I stand the sardonic laughter and gaiety around me when my heart was achi...
7. Chapter 7The J.P. shrugged his shoulders, and led the way into his own chamber, which was a plainly furnished and commonplace room. As we moved across it in the direction of the window,...
2. Chapter 2Mawkish describes the attire of the civilian of the same year, but in 1970 we notice a distinct change for the better, although personally many of us would doubtless strenuously...
3. Chapter 3"Never mind Rachieff, Hassan," said Denviers; "we must at once make our plans for the purpose of helping Marie Lovetski to escape from Siberia. Whatever happens to me, she must...
4. Chapter 4There are many delightful water-colours in the drawing-room, bronzes and quaint Japanese ivories. The first meet of the "Two Pins Club" at Richmond, June 8th, 1890, gives excell...
9. Chapter 9An example of this was furnished early in the present Session by a division taken on proposals for a Saturday sitting made necessary by obstruction. Up to the announcement of th...
1. Chapter 1I once knew two industrious mechanics named Pierre and Baptiste. They dwelt in a ramshackle tenement at Sault aux Beloeuil, where each had half-a-dozen children to support, besi...
5. Chapter 5So it came about that young Frank closed his foreign stamp book, and "Buzzy" settled down in a corner by her mother's side and looked the little model she is. "Bogie" lay on the...
11. Chapter 11"As the first instalment of twenty-five pounds down is all I am ever likely to get, I will take it now--no, that one won't do; it's a peppermint-drop, not a sovereign. _That's_...
12. Chapter 12VII.--MARGARITA, THE BOND QUEEN OF THE WANDERING DHAHS 3 VIII.--THE MASKED RULER OF THE BLACK WRECKERS 189 IX.--MAW SAYAH, THE KEEPER OF THE GREAT BURMAN NAT 258 X.--THE HUNTED...