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An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr
In some natures there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colours. John Bodman was a man who was always…
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“And the Rigour of the Game” by Robert Barr
Old Mr. Saunders went home with bowed head and angry brow. He had not known that Dick was in the…
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An Electrical Slip by Robert Barr
Public opinion had been triumphantly vindicated. The insanity plea had broken down, and Albert Prior was sentenced to be hanged…
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An International Row by Robert Barr
“A simple childThat lightly draws its breath,And feels its life in every limb,What should it know of—-” kicking up a…
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An Invitation by Robert Barr
The proud and warlike Archbishop Baldwin of Treves was well mounted, and, although the road by the margin of the…
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A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players by Robert Barr
“O Unseen Hand that ever makes and deals us,And plays our game!That now obscures and then to light reveals us,Serves…
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Converted by Robert Barr
In the ample stone-paved courtyard of the Schloss Grunewald, with its mysterious bubbling spring in the centre, stood the Black…
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Count Konrad’s Courtship by Robert Barr
It was nearly midnight when Count Konrad von Hochstaden reached his castle on the Rhine, with a score of very…
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Gentlemen: The King! by Robert Barr
The room was large, but with a low ceiling, and at one end of the lengthy, broad apartment stood a…
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How the Captain Got His Steamer Out by Robert Barr
“On his own perticular well-wrought row,That he’s straddled for ages–Learnt its lay and its gages–His style may seem queer, but…
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