The Collected Works of Louis Tracy E-Book

Louis Tracy

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 10482

Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 11970 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Postmaster's Daughter • The Message • The Silent Barrier • The Wings of the Morning • The Albert Gate Mystery • The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Number Seventeen • Cynthia's Chauffeur • His Unknown Wife • A Son of the Immortals • The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny • A Mysterious Disappearance • The Revellers • The Pillar of Light • The Stowaway Girl • The Great Mogul • The Bartlett Mystery • One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York • The Day of Wrath: A Story of • The House 'Round the Corner • The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure • The Captain of the Kansas • The Late Tenant • The Wheel O' Fortune • The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate • The Terms of Surrender • Flower of the Gorse •.etc.

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Table of Contents

THE MESSAGE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

THE LATE TENANT

GORDON HOLMES

CONTENTS

The Late Tenant

CHAPTER I

A WHIFF OF VIOLETS

CHAPTER II

A SIGNATURE WITH A FLOURISH

CHAPTER III

VIOLET

CHAPTER IV

“JOHANN STRAUSS”

CHAPTER V

VON OR VAN?

CHAPTER VI

THE WORD OF JOY

CHAPTER VII

VIOLET’S CONDITIONS

CHAPTER VIII

AT DEAD OF NIGHT

CHAPTER IX

COMING NEAR

CHAPTER X

THE MARRIAGE-LINES

CHAPTER XI

SWORDS DRAWN

CHAPTER XII

THE NIGHT-WATCHES

CHAPTER XIII

NO MORE VIOLET

CHAPTER XIV

THE DIARY

CHAPTER XV

IN PAIN

CHAPTER XVI

HAND TO HAND

CHAPTER XVII

DAVID MORE THAN REGAINS LOST GROUND

CHAPTER XVIII

FROM THE DEPTHS

CHAPTER XIX

VIOLET DECIDES

CHAPTER XX

DAVID HAS ONE VISITOR, AND EXPECTS OTHERS

CHAPTER XXI

THE MIDNIGHT GATHERING

CHAPTER XXII

VAN HUPFELDT MAKES AMENDS

THE WHEEL O' FORTUNE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. WHEREIN FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL CHAPTER II. THE COMPACT CHAPTER III. A CHANGE OF SKY, BUT NOT OF HABIT CHAPTER IV. VON KERBER EXPLAINS CHAPTER V. MISS FENSHAWE SEEKS AN ALLY CHAPTER VI. AT THE PORTAL CHAPTER VII. MRS. HAXTON RECEIVES A SHOCK CHAPTER VIII. MASSOWAH ASSERTS ITSELF CHAPTER IX. A GALLOP IN THE DARK CHAPTER X. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM CHAPTER XI. A WOMAN INTERVENES CHAPTER XII. STUMP DEPENDS ON OBSERVATION CHAPTER XIII. THE SIGN IN THE SKY CHAPTER XIV. WHEREIN A BISHARIN CAMEL BECOMES USEFUL CHAPTER XV. THE DESERT AWAKES CHAPTER XVI. A FLIGHT—AND A FIGHT CHAPTER XVII. HOW THREE ROADS LED IN ONE DIRECTION CHAPTER XVIII. THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE

CHAPTER I

WHEREIN FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL

CHAPTER II

THE COMPACT

CHAPTER III

A CHANGE OF SKY, BUT NOT OF HABIT

CHAPTER IV

VON KERBER EXPLAINS

CHAPTER V

MISS FENSHAWE SEEKS AN ALLY

CHAPTER VI

AT THE PORTAL

CHAPTER VII

MRS. HAXTON RECEIVES A SHOCK

CHAPTER VIII

MASSOWAH ASSERTS ITSELF

CHAPTER IX

A GALLOP IN THE DARK

CHAPTER X

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

CHAPTER XI

A WOMAN INTERVENES

CHAPTER XII

STUMP DEPENDS ON OBSERVATION

CHAPTER XIII

THE SIGN IN THE SKY

CHAPTER XIV

WHEREIN A BISHARIN CAMEL BECOMES USEFUL

CHAPTER XV

THE DESERT AWAKES

CHAPTER XVI

A FLIGHT—AND A FIGHT

CHAPTER XVII

HOW THREE ROADS LED IN ONE DIRECTION

CHAPTER XVIII

THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE

HIS UNKNOWN WIFE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

SHARP WORK

CHAPTER II

TIME VERSUS ETERNITY

CHAPTER III

ADIOS, SAN JUAN

CHAPTER IV

“FIND THE LADY”

CHAPTER V

ROMANCE RECEIVES A COLD DOUCHE

CHAPTER VI

AN UNFORESEEN DISASTER

CHAPTER VII

THE WRECK

CHAPTER VIII

ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION

CHAPTER IX

THE LOTTERY

CHAPTER X

THE VIGIL

CHAPTER XI

PROGRESS

CHAPTER XII

A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE

CHAPTER XIII

THE SECOND SHIPWRECK

CHAPTER XIV

THE TURN OF THE TIDE

CHAPTER XV

THE SIMPLE LIFE

CHAPTER XVI

THE DOWRY

CHAPTER XVII

RUNNING THE GANTLET

CHAPTER XVIII

THE SETTLEMENT

THE DAY OF WRATH

A STORY OF 1914

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE LAVA-STREAM

CHAPTER II

IN THE VORTEX

CHAPTER III

FIRST BLOOD

CHAPTER IV

THE TRAGEDY OF VISÉ

CHAPTER V

BILLETS

CHAPTER VI

THE FIGHT IN THE MILL

CHAPTER VII

THE WOODMAN’S HUT

CHAPTER VIII

A RESPITE

CHAPTER IX

AN EXPOSITION OF GERMAN METHODS

CHAPTER X

ANDENNE

CHAPTER XI

A TRAMP ACROSS BELGIUM

CHAPTER XII

AT THE GATES OF DEATH

CHAPTER XIII

THE WOODEN HORSE OF TROY

CHAPTER XIV

THE MARNE—AND AFTER

CHAPTER XV

“CARRY ON!”

THE REVELLERS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

QUESTIONINGS

CHAPTER II

STRANGERS, INDEED

CHAPTER III

THE SEEDS OF MISCHIEF

CHAPTER IV

THE FEAST

CHAPTER V

“IT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT COUNTS”

CHAPTER VI

WHEREIN THE RED BLOOD FLOWS

CHAPTER VII

GEORGE PICKERING PLAYS THE MAN

CHAPTER VIII

SHOWING HOW MARTIN’S HORIZON WIDENS

CHAPTER IX

THE WILDCAT

CHAPTER X

DEEPENING SHADOWS

CHAPTER XI

FOR ONE, THE NIGHT; FOR ANOTHER, THE DAWN

CHAPTER XII

A FRIENDLY ARGUMENT

CHAPTER XIII

A DYING DEPOSITION

CHAPTER XIV

THE STORM

CHAPTER XV

THE UNWRITTEN LAW

CHAPTER XVI

UNDERCURRENTS

CHAPTER XVII

TWO MOORLAND EPISODES

CHAPTER XVIII

THE SEVEN FULL YEARS

CHAPTER XIX

OUT OF THE MISTS

CHAPTER XX

THE RIGOR OF THE GAME

CHAPTER XXI

NEARING THE END

THE TERMS OF SURRENDER

The Terms of SurrenderBY LOUIS TRACY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER IAT “MacGONIGAL’S”

CHAPTER II THE TERMS

CHAPTER III SHOWING HOW POWER ACQUIRED A LIMP.

CHAPTER IV THE SUDDEN RISE OF PETER MacGONIGAL