... Zfhe Short Cut L IVilliam Cfreeman PETER MALLETT possessed one particular friend-- so many men have just one-- and to him he went on the dull and humid afternoon when the letter from the bank arrived ...

... J2aclij Jfxtherington uaper Ohase Bg Oscar Qmij SOME men think all women are fair game. Often I have felt tempted to agree with them, but I discriminate; the trouble with Willie Taggart was that he di ...

... cnk Undying Veil. C/^ J. Veldt, 1 NOEL PENDENNIS closed his watch with a snap, his lips set in a thin, grim line. He had three minutes more to live. The train sped on, swiftly and smoothly. His one fe ...

... Cfhc Mystery op the J 'Blood-stained Mashie Graphic Short Story RICHARD CAROL IN the murderous annals of Clauchtermuchty, few cases can compare in detective interest wi' the Mystery of the Blood-stain ...

... Qefi Pounds Overwei^ut op The Price oT Four Wives -W E WINCH THE Hallam Cup, six furlongs, for Arabs only, is run for every year in Cairo, and ever since its inception has been an event of moment. A ...

... JIlPllp VIOLETS-- SWEET VIOLETS! PRllI A, 1 Tow 7/A l/K v\ r VTyAvE)]i/W rV fj A Short Story by DORIS E. RYDE f '1 !rl 1 =========j We associate violets, even the violets of the London street-selle ...

... Curtain for dfj en edict by Hollow ay Ho?-n AS Murray let himself into his empty flat, the clock in the hall chiming mid night ushered in his wedding day. He flung his coat on to the old chest and gla ...

... THE STORY of a GREAT FANE Westminster Cathedral. TIME slips on. Who would have said that a quarter of a century had flown since the laying of the foundation-stone of Westminster Cathedral? Yet this ev ...

... Of he fBirthdau fJhrlu cBij jfosephine Ulumenfeld IT was all for him-- everything, the dinner in the great restaurant, the theatre that was to come, and the dancing afterwards. His party, his birthday ...

... : By Holloway Horn FORBES HAMILTON was still at work in her study overlooking the garden, although the clock on her desk showed that it was nearly one o'clock. The shaded oil-lamp ...

... Silk J^ext Skin i>u (3. ODilliam Hreck THE pyjamas of M. Edouard de Goutes were of great beauty and also of great warmth. He surveyed them with infinite pride. Their green stripes against a cream-whit ...

... The following curious and absolutely true experience must not in the telling of it convey the idea that I advocate attending séances, or that I desire to ram spiritualism down anyone's unwilling throat! Years ago, out of idle curiosity, I attended three seances. At the first one, being a newcomer, I was asked to search the room which excepting for chairs was quite bare of furniture. There were ...