Category: Robert Barr

by Robert Barr

The young naval officer came into this world with two eyes and two arms; he left it with but one of each–nevertheless the remaining eye was ever quick to see, and the remaining arm ever strong to … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

Melville Hardlock stood in the centre of the room with his feet wide apart and his hands in his trousers pockets, a characteristic attitude of his. He gave a quick glance at the door, and saw with … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

Haziddin, the ambassador, stood at the door of his tent and gazed down upon the famous city of Baalbek, seeing it now for the first time. The night before, he had encamped on the heights to the … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

Arras, blacksmith and armourer, stood at the door of his hut in the valley of the Alf, a league or so from the Moselle, one summer evening. He was the most powerful man in all the Alf-thal, … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

The room in which John Shorely edited the Weekly Sponge was not luxuriously furnished, but it was comfortable. A few pictures decorated the walls, mostly black and white drawings by artists who were so unfortunate as to … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

The fifteen nobles, who formed the Council of State for the Moselle Valley, stood in little groups in the Rittersaal of Winneburg’s Castle, situated on a hill-top in the Ender Valley, a league or so from the … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

The large mansion of Louis Heckle, millionaire and dealer in gold mines, was illuminated from top to bottom. Carriages were arriving and departing, and guests were hurrying up the carpeted stair after passing under the canopy that … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

Prince Lotarno rose slowly to his feet, casting one malignant glance at the prisoner before him.

“You have heard,” he said, “what is alleged against you. Have you anything to say in your defence?”

The captured brigand … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

Bertram Eastford had intended to pass the shop of his old friend, the curiosity dealer, into whose pockets so much of his money had gone for trinkets gathered from all quarters of the globe. He knew it … Read the rest

by Robert Barr

“There is nothing more certain than that some day we mil have to record a terrible disaster directly traceable to ocean racing.

“The vivid account which one of our reporters gives in another column of how the … Read the rest