... Colonel Baker was reading in the spacious chamber in Fort Nelson which served at once as dining-room, sitting-room, and kitchen. Maude, who had returned on the previous evening, was performing some household duties at the further end of the same room ...

... dismissed the children, and proceeded to load the remaining chambers of his revolver. What voice was that in the adjoining kitchen ? Yes; it was Giacomo’s. Giacomo had come, and he was talking to Francesca. This was indeed fortunate. Giuseppe knelt down ...

... banished love. S A few days later, Farmer Cameron and his wife received a cruel shock. Their collie dog came bounding into the kitchen, where both of them happened to be at the moment, and from the dog’s coller fluttered ‘a scrap of paper. Farmer Cameron detached ...

... in consequence he immediately conceived towards Harry a violent enmity. Leaving the lovers in conversation, he went to the kitchen and obtained possession of a long carvingknife, which he secreted under his coat. Armed with this formidable weapon, he passed ...