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WORKS OF
## RAFFLES
## NO HERO
## STINGAREE
## WITCHING HILL
## AT LARGE
## PECCAVI
## TINY LUTTRELL
## MY LORD DUKE
## DENIS DENT
## YOUNG
## FATHERS OF MEN
CONTENTS
RAFFLES
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR
CRACKSMAN
E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
NO SINECURE
A JUBILEE PRESENT
THE FATE OF FAUSTINA
THE LAST LAUGH
TO CATCH A THIEF
AN OLD FLAME
THE WRONG HOUSE
THE KNEES OF THE GODS
CONTENTS
Out of Paradise
The Chest of Silver
The Rest Cure
The Criminologists' Club
The Field of Phillipi
A Bad Night
A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
The Spoils of Sacrilege
The Raffles Relics
The Last Word
CONTENTS
NO HERO
By E.W. Hornung
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I A Plenipotentiary
CHAPTER II The Theatre of War
CHAPTER III First Blood
CHAPTER IV A Little Knowledge
CHAPTER V A Marked Woman
CHAPTER VI Out of Action
CHAPTER VII Second Fiddle
CHAPTER VIII Prayers and Parables
CHAPTER IX Sub Judice
CHAPTER X The Last Word
CHAPTER XI The Lion's Mouth
CHAPTER XII A Stern Chase
CHAPTER XIII Number Three
1906
CONTENTS
STINGAREE
By E. W. Hornung
Illustrated By George W. Lambert
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. A Voice in the Wilderness 1
II. The Black Hole of Glenranald 32
III. "To the Vile Dust" 70
IV. A Bushranger at Bay 98
V. The Taking of Stingaree 121
VI. The Honor of the Road 144
VII. The Purification of Mulfera 168
VIII. A Duel in the Desert 190
IX. The Villain-Worshipper 215
X. The Moth and the Star 252
ILLUSTRATIONS
A CONSCIENTIOUS ASS
A BOY ABOUT TOWN
HIS PEOPLE
A GRIM SAMARITAN
THE GLASS EYE
AN AWAKENING
BLOOD-GUILTY
POINTS OF VIEW
MR. EUGENE THRUSH
SECOND THOUGHTS
ON PAROLE
HUNTING WITH THE HOUNDS
BOY AND GIRL
BEFORE THE STORM
A LIKELY STORY
MALINGERING
ON THE TRACK OF THE TRUTH
A THIRD CASE
THE FOURTH CASE
WHAT THE THAMES GAVE UP
AFTER THE FAIR
THE SECRET OF THE CAMERA
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A. J. RAFFLES
CONTENTS
Page
Out of Paradise 1
The Chest of Silver 32
The Rest Cure 58
The Criminologists' Club 88
The Field of Philippi 122
A Bad Night 156
A Trap to Catch a Cracksman 184
The Spoils of Sacrilege 216
The Raffles Relics 247
The Last Word 278
ILLUSTRATIONS
I think she must have seen us, even in the dim light Frontispiece
Facing Page
Raffles in the strong-room 54
It was the fire-eating and prison-inspecting colonel himself. He
76
was ready for me, a revolver in his hand
Raffles was as excited as any of us now; he outstripped us all 106
He kept us laughing in his study until the chapel bells rang him
152
out
The ragged trousers stripped from an evening pair 176
Down went the trap-door with a bang 232
No one can make out what this little thick velvet bag's for 260
CONTENTS
Page
I. The Belle of Toorak 1
II. Injury 14
III. Insult 28
IV. Bethune of the Hall 39
V. A Red Herring 58
VI. Below Zero 67
VII. A Cavalier 84
VIII. The Kind of Life 97
IX. Pax in Bello 120
X. The Truth by Inches 134
XI. Bethune v. Bethune 147
XII. An Escapade 166
XIII. Blind Man's Block 180
XIV. His Own Coin 196
XV. The Fact of the Matter 206
WITCHING HILL
By E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
A Nucleus of Fortune 1
Sundown 11
After Four Years 20
How Dick Came Home 28
The First Evening at Graysbrooke 41
Sisyphus 53
South Kensington 64
The Admirable Miles 72
A Dancing Lesson and its Consequences 86
An Old Friend and an Old Memory 98
Dressing, Dancing, Looking on 109
"To-Morrow, and To-Morrow, and To-Morrow" 123
In Bushey Park 132
Quits 152
The Morning After 163
Military Manœuvres 174
"Miles's Beggars" 185
Alice Speaks for Herself 196
Conterminous Courses 206
Strange Humility 216
An Altered Man 227
Extremities 234
The Effect of a Photograph 244
The Effect of a Song 256
Melmerbridge Church 271
At Bay 286
The Fatal Tress 296
The Effort 307
Elizabeth Ryan 313
Sweet Revenge 325
The Charity of Silence 333
Suspense: Reaction 343
How Dick Said Good-Bye 353
PECCAVI
By E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
I. Dust to Dust 1
II. The Chief Mourner 11
III. A Confession 18
IV. Midsummer Night 29
V. The Man Alone 45
VI. Fire 51
VII. The Sinner's Prayer 66
VIII. The Lord of the Manor 77
IX. A Duel Begins 89
X. The Letter of the Law 100
XI. Labour of Hercules 115
XII. A Fresh Discovery 125
XIII. Devices of a Castaway 131
XIV. The Last Resort 137
XV. His Own Lawyer 150
XVI. End of the Duel 162
XVII. Three Weeks and a Night 186
XVIII. The Night's Work 193
XIX. The First Winter 209
XX. The Way of Peace 230
XXI. At the Flint House 249
XXII. A Little Child 262
XXIII. Design and Accident 275
XXIV. Glamour and Rue 291
XXV. Signs of Change 306
XXVI. A Very Few Words 316
XXVII. An Escape 323
XXVIII. The Turning Tide 335
XXIX. A Haven of Hearts 348
XXX. The Woman's Hour 362
XXXI. Advent Eve 378
XXXII. The Second Time 390
XXXIII. Sanctuary 397
THE THOUSANDTH WOMAN
By Ernest W. Hornung
Illustrated By Frank Snapp
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Small World 1
II. Second Sight 16
III. In the Train 29
IV. Down the River 42
V. An Untimely Visitor 64
VI. Voluntary Service 83
VII. After Michelangelo 98
VIII. Finger-Prints 117
IX. Fair Warning 134
X. The Week of Their Lives 146
XI. In Country and In Town 156
XII. The Thousandth Man 169
XIII. Quid Pro Quo 181
XIV. Faith Unfaithful 205
XV. The Person Unknown 214
TINY LUTTRELL
By Ernest W. Hornung
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Coming of Tiny, 1
II. Swift of Wallandoon, 21
III. The Tail of the Season, 44
IV. Ruth and Christina, 63
V. Essingham Rectory, 84
VI. A Matter of Ancient History, 102
VII. The Shadow of the Hall, 116
VIII. Countess Dromard at Home, 133
IX. Mother and Son, 148
X. A Threatening Dawn, 162
XI. In the Ladies' Tent, 176
XII. Ordeal by Battle, 193
XIII. Her Hour of Triumph, 213
XIV. A Cycle of Moods, 233
XV. The Invisible Ideal, 248
XVI. Foreign Soil, 263
XVII. The High Seas, 286
XVIII. The Third Time of Asking, 306
XIX. Counsel's Opinion, 317
XX. In Honor Bound, 327
XXI. A Deaf Ear, 339
XXII. Summum Bonum, 348
MY LORD DUKE
By E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
I. The Head of the Family 1
II. "Happy Jack" 16
III. A Chance Lost 31
IV. Not in the Programme 44
V. With the Elect 63
VI. A New Leaf 77
VII. The Duke's Progress 90
VIII. The Old Adam 105
IX. An Anonymous Letter 122
X. "Dead Nuts" 137
XI. The Night of the Twentieth 151
XII. The Wrong Man 163
XIII. The Interregnum 180
XIV. Jack and his Master 189
XV. End of the Interregnum 199
XVI. "Love the Gift" 215
XVII. An Anti-Toxine 223
XVIII. Heckling a Minister 233
XIX. The Cat and the Mouse 244
XX. "Love the Debt" 257
XXI. The Bar Sinister 266
XXII. De Mortuis 282
CONTENTS
DENIS DENT
By Ernest W. Hornung
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
I. The Second Officer 1
II. Sauve Qui Peut 10
III. The Castaways 18
IV. Lost and Found 30
V. A Touch of Fever 37
VI. New Conditions 48
VII. Denis and Nan 57
VIII. Cold Water 70
IX. The Canvas City 79
X. Thieves in the Night 90
XI. Strange Bedfellows 102
XII. El Dorado 114
XIII. The Enemy's Camp 122
XIV. The First Claim 133
XV. A Pious Fraud 146
XVI. A Windfall 158
XVII. Hate and Money 168
XVIII. Rotten Gully 178
XIX. New Blood 187
XX. The Jeweler's Shop 196
XXI. The Courier of Death 211
XXII. Atra Cura 220
XXIII. Broken Off 231
XXIV. Death's Door 243
XXV. Beat of Drum 251
XXVI. Homeward Bound 265
XXVII. The Great Gulf 277
XXVIII. News of Battle 289
XXIX. Guy Fawkes Day 299
XXX. The Sandbag Battery 310
XXXI. Time's Whirligig 319
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
YOUNG BLOOD
By E. W. Hornung
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
The Old Home 1
CHAPTER II.
The Breaking of the News 11
CHAPTER III.
The Sin of the Father 20
CHAPTER IV.
The New Home 32
CHAPTER V.
A Wet Blanket 40
CHAPTER VI.
The Game of Bluff 57
CHAPTER VII.
On Richmond Hill 71
CHAPTER VIII.
A Millionaire in the Making 85
CHAPTER IX.
The City of London 95
CHAPTER X.
A First Offence 111
CHAPTER XI.
Beggar and Chooser 122
CHAPTER XII.
The Champion of the Gods 135
CHAPTER XIII.
The Day of Battle 150
CHAPTER XIV.
A Change of Luck 165
CHAPTER XV.
It Never Rains but it Pours 175
CHAPTER XVI.
A Dame's School 183
CHAPTER XVII.
At Fault 195
CHAPTER XVIII.
Mr. Scrafton 203
CHAPTER XIX.
Assault and Battery 214
CHAPTER XX.
Biding his Time 226
CHAPTER XXI.
Hand to Hand 234
CHAPTER XXII.
Man to Man 247
CHAPTER XXIII.
The End of the Beginning 259
CHAPTER XXIV.
Young Ink 276
CHAPTER XXV.
Scrafton's Story 287
CHAPTER XXVI.
A Masterstroke 304
CHAPTER XXVII.
Restitution 315
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A Tale Apart 326
PAGE
Kenyon's Innings 1
A Literary Coincidence 40
"Author! Author!" 71
The Widow of Piper's Point 87
After the Fact 104
The Voice of Gunbar 151
The Magic Cigar 168
The Governess at Greenbush 186
A Farewell Performance 234
A Spin of the Coin 244
The Star of the Grasmere 256
FATHERS OF MEN
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Behind the Scenes 1
II. Change and Chance 11
III. Very Raw Material 21
IV. Settling In 33
V. Nicknames 43
VI. Boy to Boy 53
VII. Reassurance 62
VIII. Likes and Dislikes 75
IX. Coram Populo 90
X. Elegiacs 105
XI. A Merry Christmas 123
XII. The New Year 133
XIII. The Haunted House 146
XIV. Summer-Term 174
XVI. Similia Similibus 186
XVII. The Fun of the Fair 196
XVIII. Dark Horses 212
XIX. Fame and Fortune 225
XX. The Eve of Office 240
XXI. Out of Form 250
XXII. The Old Boys' Match 259
XXIII. Interlude in a Study 266
XXIV. The Second Morning's Play 277
XXV. Interlude in the Wood 290
XXVI. Close of Play 304
XXVII. The Extreme Penalty 317
XXVIII. Chips and Jan 336
XXX. His Last Fling 349
XXXI. Vale 360
CONSECRATION
LORD'S LEAVE
LAST POST
THE OLD BOYS
RUDDDY YOUNG GINGER
THE BALLAD OF ENSIGN JOY
BOND AND FREE
SHELL-SHOCK IN ARRAS
THE BIG THING
FORERUNNERS *
UPPINGHAM SONG
WOODEN CROSSES
CONTENTS
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