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The Bromley Gibberts Story by Robert Barr
The room in which John Shorely edited the Weekly Sponge was not luxuriously furnished, but it was comfortable. A few…
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The Count’s Apology by Robert Barr
The fifteen nobles, who formed the Council of State for the Moselle Valley, stood in little groups in the Rittersaal…
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The Exposure of Lord Stansford by Robert Barr
The large mansion of Louis Heckle, millionaire and dealer in gold mines, was illuminated from top to bottom. Carriages were…
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The Hour and the Man by Robert Barr
Prince Lotarno rose slowly to his feet, casting one malignant glance at the prisoner before him. “You have heard,” he…
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The Hour-Glass by Robert Barr
Bertram Eastford had intended to pass the shop of his old friend, the curiosity dealer, into whose pockets so much…
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The Long Ladder by Robert Barr
Every fortress has one traitor within its walls; the Schloss Eltz had two. In this, curiously enough, lay its salvation;…
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The Man Who was not on the Passenger List by Robert Barr
“The well-sworn Lie, franked to the world with allThe circumstance of proof,Cringes abashed, and sneaks along the wallAt the first…
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The Purser’s Story by Robert Barr
“O Mother-nature, kind in touch and tone.Act as we may, thou clearest to thine own”I don’t know that I should…
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The Shadow of the Greenback by Robert Barr
Hickory Sam needed but one quality to be perfect. He should have been an arrant coward. He was a blustering…
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The Terrible Experience of Plodkins by Robert Barr
“Which–life or death? Tis a gambler’s chance!Yet, unconcerned, we spin and dance,On the brittle thread of circumstance.”I understand that Plodkins…
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