by Robert Barr
If you grind castor sugar with an equal quantity of chlorate of potash, the result is an innocent-looking white compound, sweet to the taste, and sometimes beneficial in the case of a sore throat. But if you … Read the rest
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Two Florentine Balconies
by Robert Barr
Prince Padema sat desolately on his lofty balcony at Florence, and cursed things generally. Fate had indeed dealt hardly with the young man.
The Prince had been misled by the apparent reasonableness of the adage, that if … Read the rest
Which Was the Murderer?
by Robert Barr
Mrs. John Forder had no premonition of evil. When she heard the hall clock strike nine she was blithely singing about the house as she attended to her morning duties, and she little imagined that she was … Read the rest
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; for as some Eastern poisons when mixed neutralise each other and form combined a harmless fluid, so … Read the rest
The Man Who was not on the Passenger List
by Robert Barr
The Gibrontus of the Hot Cross Bun Line was at one time the best ship of that justly celebrated fleet. All steamships have, of course, their turn at the head of the fleet until a better boat … Read the rest
The Purser’s Story
by Robert Barr
I don’t know that I should tell this story.
When the purser related it to me I know it was his intention to write it out for a magazine. In fact he had written it, and I … Read the rest
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 braggart, always boasting of the men he had slain, and the odds he had contended against; filled … Read the rest
The Terrible Experience of Plodkins
by Robert Barr
I understand that Plodkins is in the habit of referring sceptical listeners to me, and telling them that I will substantiate every word of his story. Now this is hardly fair of Plodkins. I can certainly corroborate … Read the rest
The Understudy
by Robert Barr
The Monarch in the Arabian story had an ointment which, put upon the right eye, enabled him to see through the walls of houses. If the Arabian despot had passed along a narrow street leading into a … Read the rest
The Vengeance of the Dead
by Robert Barr
It is a bad thing for a man to die with an unsatisfied thirst for revenge parching his soul. David Allen died, cursing Bernard Heaton and lawyer Grey; hating the lawyer who had won the case even … Read the rest