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Robert Barr

Revenge!Robert Barr Revenge! REVENGE! AN ALPINE DIVORCE In some natures there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colours. John Bodman was a man who was always at one extreme or the other. This probably would have mattered little had he not married a wife whose nature was an exact duplicat...

A Rock in the BalticRobert Barr A Rock in the Baltic CHAPTER I —THE INCIDENT AT THE BANK IN the public room of the Sixth National Bank at Bar Harbor in Maine, Lieutenant Alan Drummond, H.M.S. “Consternation,” stood aside to give precedence to a lady. The Lieutenant had visited the bank for the pu...

The Strong ArmRobert Barr The Strong Arm CHAPTER I. – THE BEAUTIFUL JAILER OF GUDENFELS The aged Emir Soldan sat in his tent and smiled; the crafty Oriental smile of an experienced man, deeply grounded in the wisdom of this world. He knew that there was incipient rebellion in his camp; that the y...

A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr A Woman Intervenes TO MY FRIEND HORACE HART CHAPTER I The managing editor of the New York Argus sat at his desk with a deep frown on his face, looking out from under his shaggy eyebrows at the young man who had just thrown a huge fur overcoat on the back of one chair...

From Whose BourneRobert Barr From Whose Bourne CHAPTER I "My dear," said William Brenton to his wife, "do you think I shall be missed if I go upstairs for a while? I am not feeling at all well.""Oh, I'm so sorry, Will," replied Alice, looking concerned; "I will tell them you are indisposed.""No, ...

In a Steamer Chair, and Other StoriesRobert Barr In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories As the incidents related herein took place during voyages between England and America, I dedicate this book to the Vagabond Club of London, and the Witenagemote Club of Detroit, in the hope that, if any one cha...

Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr Jennie Baxter, Journalist CHAPTER I. JENNIE MAKES HER TOILETTE AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PORTER Miss Jennie Baxter, with several final and dainty touches that put to rights her hat and dress—a little pull here and a pat there—regarded herself with some complac...

In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr In the Midst of Alarms TO E.B. CHAPTER I In the marble-floored vestibule of the Metropolitan Grand Hotel in Buffalo, Professor Stillson Renmark stood and looked about him with the anxious manner of a person unused to the gaudy splendor of the modern American hous...

One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of FameRobert Barr One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame One Day’s Courtship and The Heralds of Fame Chapter I John Trenton, artist, put the finishing touches to the letter he was writing, and then read it over to himself. It ran as follows:—“My Dear Ed...

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