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Robert Chambers

BarbariansRobert W. Chambers Barbarians Stent lost the fight, fell outward, wider, dropping back into mid-air. [Page 62]TOLYLE and MADELEINE MAHAN I "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrathOf Barbary besets thy path!The Hun is beating his painted drum;His war horns blare! The Hun is come!" "Father, ...

Between FriendsRobert W. Chambers Between Friends I Like a man who reenters a closed and darkened house and lies down; lying there, remains conscious of sunlight outside, of bird-calls, and the breeze in the trees, so had Drene entered into the obscurity of himself.Through the chambers of his bra...

In the QuarterRobert W. Chambers In the Quarter One One evening in May, 1888, the Café des Écoles was even more crowded and more noisy than usual. The marble-topped tables were wet with beer and the din was appalling. Someone shouted to make himself heard.``Any more news from the Salon?''``Yes,''...

IoleRobert W. Chambers Iole PREFACE DOES anybody remember the opera of The Inca, and that heartbreaking episode where the Court Undertaker, in a morbid desire to increase his professional skill, deliberately accomplishes the destruction of his middle-aged relatives in order to inter them for the ...

Blue-Bird WeatherRobert W. Chambers Blue-Bird Weather I It was now almost too dark to distinguish objects; duskier and vaguer became the flat world of marshes, set here and there with cypress and bounded only by far horizons; and at last land and water disappeared behind the gathered curtains of ...

LorraineRobert W. Chambers Lorraine: A Romance TO MY FATHER LORRAINE! When Yesterday shall dawn again,And the long line athwart the hillShall quicken with the bugle's thrill,Thine own shall come to thee, Lorraine! Then in each vineyard, vale, and plain,The quiet dead shall stir the earthAnd rise,...

Special MessengerRobert W. Chambers Special Messenger TOGEORGE F. D. TRASKIN MEMORY OFOUR FIRST MARTIAL EXPLOITSIN THE NURSERYThou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. —Psalm lx, 4.PREFACE In the personality and exploits of the “Special Messen...

In SecretRobert W. Chambers In Secret DEDICATION A grateful nation's thanks are due To Arethusa and to you– To her who dauntless at your side Pneumonia and Flue defied With phials of formaldehyde! II Chief of Police were you, by gosh! Gol ding it! how you bumped the Boche! Handed 'em one with clu...

The Fighting ChanceRobert W. Chambers The Fighting Chance CHAPTER I. ACQUAINTANCE The speed of the train slackened; a broad tidal river flashed into sight below the trestle, spreading away on either hand through yellowing level meadows. And now, above the roaring undertone of the cars, from far a...

The Danger MarkRobert W. Chambers The Danger Mark CHAPTER I THE SEAGRAVES All day Sunday they had raised the devil from attic to cellar; Mrs. Farren was in tears, Howker desperate. Not one out of the fifteen servants considered necessary to embellish the Seagrave establishment could do anything w...