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HONOR OF THIEVES A Novel BY C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE AUTHOR OF “THE NEW EDEN,” “THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS,” “ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KETTLE,” “THROUGH ARCTIC LAPLAND,” ETC., ETC. R. F. FENNO & COMPANY : …
THE ANTECEDENTS OF PATRICK ONSLOW. Miss Rivers picked out the name of Patrick Onslow in the society paper which lay upon her knee, and drew idle circles round it with a pink ball-pencil. Fairfax tugg…
A FORTUNE FOR THE PAIR OF US. Mr. Theodore Shelf’s carriage and pair drew up at the smartest house in Park Lane, and Mr. Theodore Shelf went up the steps and entered the door which a man servant open…
THE REQUIREMENTS OF MRS. SHELF. Mr. Theodore Shelf wanted to drag Onslow off there and then to his own business-room, on the first floor, to discuss further this great project which he had in his hea…
BUSINESS AT A BALL. When people are engaged, they usually contrive to meet with frequency, and so Amy Rivers showed no very great surprise at seeing Fairfax again later in the evening. She only said:…
BIMETALLISM. It was late in the evening when Patrick Onslow again found himself en tête-à-tête with his host. There had been people in to dinner at the house in Park Lane, but these had gone, and Mr…
THE TEMPTING OF CAPTAIN OWEN KETTLE. “If one might judge from the lacquered majesty of your office appointments,” said Patrick Onslow, taking one of the big chairs in Shelf’s inner sanctum, “your fir…
£500,000—IN GOLD. The little red-bearded man had gone, slamming the door noisily behind him. Shelf mopped his large white face with a scented pocket-handkerchief. “Do you think,” he said nervously—“d…
THE SEND-OFF. The Port Edes had gained the name of an unlucky ship. She had slain three men in her building; she had crushed another to death the day before she left the slips; and, though only thre…
GROUND-BAIT. For reasons, the Port Edes took the “North about” course; that is, she headed across south of the Banks of Newfoundland nearly to Cape Hatteras, and then braved the three-knot current o…
