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THE ABDUCTION A day later. It was ten o’clock at night. Bertha was busy serving the crowd of customers with drinks, when a lad came into the bar and asked for Miss Summerhayes. Bertha spoke to hi…
IN THE GARDENS It was Sunday morning. Bertha, with her old friend the Professor by her side, was walking in the Botanic Gardens. For the third or fourth time she had re-told the tale of her abduct…
THE LOVERS Bertha had chosen her favourite Botanic Gardens for the scene of her courtship, and it was there that her daily meetings with Alec took place. She found, perhaps, in the surroundings, a …
THE CONSPIRACY Alec Booth was at his office looking over his letters that were handed to him by his clerk. He was not a quick reader, and a still slower writer, so his clerk was not only a convenie…
THE HEART UNION “ Now , Bertha, say the word, and let us be married at once. I have told you what Soft Sam has said. You know our position. At any moment this scoundrel may do us a mischief.” “And…
UP TO DATE AGAIN-DARLINGHURST GAOL After the magisterial decision Bertha was removed to Darlinghurst Gaol. Her appearance at the Police Court was merely formal, and she was there committed to take …
MR. HOBBS AT TEA Those who had only seen P.-C. Hobbs in his official uniform would hardly have recognized the spruce and well-dressed gentleman, as he turned into the side entrance of his house to …
SOFT SAM Professor Norris had not long to wait in the Golden Bar before an habitué was found who gave him directions how to find Soft Sam. “You go in the Domain—now’s just about his time—and on a s…
HOW MASTER HOBBS GOT HIS BALL FROM A NEIGHBOUR’S YARD When Constable Hobbs had seen his visitors safely out of the house he returned to the room of the crime full of thought. It was apparent to him …
THE ‘SOUTHERN CROSS’ When Soft Sam left him in Hyde Park, Huey Gosper stood for a time stock still, as still and moveless as the monument of Captain Cook close at hand. What should he do? Give up a…
