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Nordenholt's Million
by J. J. ConningtonIt appears strange that such a man as this should have been selected by Fate as the agent of disaster; and it seems characteristic of him that, when the key of the problem was lying beside him, his energy was entirely engrossed in writing newspaper paragraphs on another matter. His mind worked exclusively through the medium of print and paper; so t..
The Berserker
by Charles V. De VetAll of Big Jim Ostby's attention seemed on the cigar as he lit it, but it was not. He observed the faces of the men who passed him by, and the figures of those across the street, and up and down the sidewalk. Satisfied, he moved on.Ostby's six feet four, and two hundred thirty-five pounds, were not conspicuous on this other-dimensional world, where..
Lodore, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLodore, is a social life and customs fiction work written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and published in three volume.The mansion of the Fitzhenry family, which looked upon the village green, was wholly incommensurate to our humblest ideas of what belongs to nobility; yet it stood in solitary splendour, the Great House of Longfield. From time imme..
Lodore, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLodore, is a social life and customs fiction work written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and published in three volume.The abstracted, wounded, yet lofty spirit of Lodore was totally dissimilar to the airy brightness of Villiers' disposition. Lodore had outlived a storm, and shown himself majestic in ruin. No ill had tarnished the nature of Villier..
Lodore, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLodore, is a social life and customs fiction work written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and published in three volume.Ethel had slept peacefully through the livelong night; nor woke till a knock at her door roused her. A rush of fear—a sense of ill, made her heart palpitate as she opened her eyes to the light of day. While she was striving to reca..
The Golden Harpoon
by Roger StarbuckOn the morning of the 25th day of April, 18—, the whale-ship Montpelier, of New London, anchored in one of the many bays that open along the coast of Kamschatka, where it is washed by the waters of the Sea of Ochotsk.As soon as every thing was made snug allow and aloft, the skipper rubbed his hands with complacency, and a satisfied expression was s..
The Joss - A Reversion
by Richard MarshNot twenty minutes afterwards a girl came in—a mere chit—who wanted some passementerie, beaded. She had brought a pattern. Somehow directly I saw it I thought there would be trouble. I hunted through the stock and found the thing exactly, only there were blue beads where there ought to have been green. As there were a dozen different coloured beads..
The Greatest Heiress in England
by Mrs. OliphantA country town, quiet, simple, and dull, chiefly of old construction, but with a few new streets and scattered villas of modern flimsiness, a river flowing through it, dulled and stilled with the frost; trees visible in every direction, blocking up the horizon and making a background, though only with a confused anatomy of bare branches, to the red..