The Price

Оглавление

Lynde Francis. The Price

The Price

Table of Contents

I

AT CHAUDIÈRE'S

II

SPINDRIFT

III

THE RIGHT OF MIGHT

IV

IO TRIUMPHE!

V

THE BELLE JULIE

VI

THE DECK-HAND

VII

GOLD OF TOLOSA

VIII

THE CHAIN-GANG

IX

THE MIDDLE WATCH

X

QUICKSANDS

XI

THE ANARCHIST

XII

MOSES ICHTHYOPHAGUS

XIII

GRISWOLD EMERGENT

XIV

PHILISTIA

XV

THE GOTHS AND VANDALS

XVI

GOOD SAMARITANS

XVII

GROPINGS

XVIII

THE ZWEIBUND

XIX

LOSS AND GAIN

XX

THE CONVALESCENT

XXI

BROFFIN'S EQUATION

XXII

IN THE BURGLAR-PROOF

XXIII

CONVERGING ROADS

XXIV

THE FORWARD LIGHT

XXV

THE BRIDGE OF JEHENNAM

XXVI

PITFALLS

XXVII

IN THE SHADOWS

XXVIII

BROKEN LINKS

XXIX

ALL THAT A MAN HATH

XXX

THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES

XXXI

NARROWING WALLS

XXXII

THE LION'S SHARE

XXXIII

GATES OF BRASS

XXXIV

THE ABYSS

XXXV

MARGERY'S ANSWER

XXXVI

THE GRAY WOLF

XXXVII

THE QUALITY OF MERCY

XXXVIII

THE PENDULUM-SWING

XXXIX

DUST AND ASHES

XL

APPLES OF ISTAKHAR

XLI

THE DESERT AND THE SOWN

THE END

Отрывок из книги

Francis Lynde

Published by Good Press, 2019

.....

But the signal had not been given. The teller was re-entering the cage with the bulky packet of money-paper.

"You needn't open it," said the young man at the president's elbow. "The bank's count is good enough for me." And when the window wicket had been unlatched and the money passed out, he stuffed the loose bills carelessly into his pocket, put the package containing the ninety-nine thousand dollars under his arm, nodded to the president, backed swiftly to the street door and vanished.

.....