A BLACK DIAMOND. Early the next morning Rowton returned home. Nance was standing in the garden when she suddenly saw her husband cross the lawn; he had walked over from Pitstow. Nancy, whose face was
A BLACK DIAMOND. Early the next morning Rowton returned home. Nance was standing in the garden when she suddenly saw her husband cross the lawn; he had walked over from Pitstow. Nancy, whose face was
THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN. Nance fell on her knees by the dying man. She took one of his cold hands in hers. “Little…
WAGES. The moment Rowton spoke Long John rapped his hand loudly on the board. He rose and spoke in a clear and penetrat…
A TOAST. Absorbed in his own disturbed thoughts, Rowton never knew that he was followed. Simpkins saw him enter the lit…
“IF NOT, LIE TO HIM.” When Long John arrived at the club in the street off the Chelsea Embankment he found several memb…
A RED TRACK. When the train arrived at King’s Cross, Crossley was waiting on the platform. A quick glance showed him Na…
A SUMMONS. Nance received Crossley’s letter about noon on the following day. Lady Georgina was, of course, still with h…
MRS. LARKINS. George Morton, of ⸺ , Redcliffe Square, was supposed by his many friends to be a retired solicitor. He wa…
“CALL ME DAWSON.” Scrivener walked down a narrow winding path, and Hester followed him. They presently found themselves…
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