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Frederic Kummer

The Ivory Snuff BoxArnold Fredericks The Ivory Snuff Box CHAPTER I The last thing that sounded in Richard Duvall's ears as he left the office of Monsieur Lefevre, Prefect of Police of Paris, were the latter's words, spoken in a voice of mingled confidence and alarm, "The fortunes of a nation may ...

The Green GodFrederic Arnold Kummer The Green God CHAPTER I MR. ASHTON The dull October afternoon was rapidly drawing to a close as I passed through the village of Pinhoe, and set my steps rather wearily toward Exeter. I had conceived the idea, some time before, of walking from London to Torquay,...

The Blue Lights: A Detective StoryKummer Frederic Arnold The Blue Lights: A Detective Story CHAPTER I THE big, mud-spattered touring car, which for the past hour had been plowing its way steadily northward from the city of Washington, hesitated for a moment before the gateway which marked the end...

The First Days of ManThe First Days of Man / As Narrated Quite Simply for Young Readers ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Author desires to express his thanks to Dr. William K. Gregory, of the American Museum of Natural History, as well as to the other Museum authorities, for their courtesy and assistance in th...

The BruteKummer Frederic Arnold The Brute CHAPTER I Every evening, almost, Donald Rogers and his wife Edith sat in a plain little living-room in their apartment in Harlem, and worked until ten or eleven o’clock. By that time they were both ready to go to bed. It was not very exciting. Edith darne...

The Film of FearKummer Frederic Arnold The Film of Fear PART I CHAPTER I Ruth Morton finished her cup of coffee, brushed a microscopic crumb from her embroidered silk kimono, pushed back her loosely arranged brown hair, and resumed the task of opening her mail.It was in truth a task, and one that...