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"TIGER" BUGG VERSUS "LIGHTNING" LOPEZ Lady Jocelyn sighed gently and put down her cup on the tea-table. "I suppose, Tony," she said, "that when one gets to sevent…
THE MORALS OF MOLLY It was exactly eleven o'clock when Tony woke up. He looked at his watch, yawned, stretched himself, ran his fingers through his hair, and then reaching out his hand pressed …
TWO YELLOW-FACED FOREIGNERS Very carefully Tony sprinkled a little Bengal pepper over the perfectly grilled sole which Spalding had set down in front of him. Then he returned the bottle to the cruet…
LIKE A FAIRY STORY There was a short pause, and then the shorter of the two men stepped forward. He was an aggressive looking person with a cast in his eye, and he spoke with a slight foreign accent…
THE LENIENCY OF JUSTICE As the clock above the mantelpiece struck eleven, Guy Oliver wiped his pen and laid it carefully down in front of him. He was sitting at a roll-top desk in his office—a room …
PRICING AN HEIRLOOM Tony was so surprised that for a moment he remained just as he was. Then suddenly recovering himself he turned back to Bugg. "You had better go along and find yourself some…
BUGG'S STRATEGY There was a knock outside. "Come in," said Tony, who was arranging his tie in front of the glass. The door opened, and Guy Oliver walked into the bedroom. He was in …
AFFAIRS IN LIVADIA Tony retraced his steps and took down the receiver. "Hullo!" he said. "Hullo!" came back a silvery answer. "Is that you, Tony?" "It is. Who&#…
A RUN-AWAY QUEEN A morbid regard for the exact speed limit was never one of Tony's failings, and he covered the short distance that separated them from the end of the park in what was probably …
THE ROYAL ENTERPRISE The mellow-toned grandfather clock in the corner chimed out the stroke of nine-thirty as Guy crossed the hall with a bundle of papers in his hand. He had reached the foot of the…
