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diff --git a/40897-h/40897-h.htm b/40897-h/40897-h.htm index 92218a3..a59eadb 100644 --- a/40897-h/40897-h.htm +++ b/40897-h/40897-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Burglars' Club, by Henry A. Hering. @@ -87,50 +87,7 @@ </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Burglars' Club, by Henry A. Hering - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Burglars' Club - A Romance in Twelve Chronicles - -Author: Henry A. Hering - -Illustrator: F. H. Townsend - -Release Date: September 30, 2012 [EBook #40897] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BURGLARS' CLUB *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Chuck Greif, and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive. With gratitude to L.W. Curry, Inc. for -their gracious permission to use their image of the cover -of this edition.) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40897 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 319px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="319" height="500" alt="Cover: The Burglar's Club with image of man sitting in a chair holding a gun on a man kneeling in the doorway" /> @@ -1699,10 +1656,10 @@ hiding-place of the jewel."</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Pa the jewel!"</p> <p>"Yes," said the gloomy Hindoo; "I -know it. But Krishna Bürkut knew it -twenty-five years ago, and the Swâmi Râm -Nâth knew it fifty years ago, and yet another -Swâmi seventy-five years ago, but none of +know it. But Krishna Bürkut knew it +twenty-five years ago, and the Swâmi Râm +Nâth knew it fifty years ago, and yet another +Swâmi seventy-five years ago, but none of these restored it to the Temple of Agni. All failed in their quest, and never regained their caste. I too shall fail."</p> @@ -2195,15 +2152,15 @@ Thomas Archer, a distant relative lately deceased, he, Danby Travers, succeeded to the whole estate, a bequest made "on account of intrepidity shown in the recent -Iráwadi campaign." The income therefrom, +Iráwadi campaign." The income therefrom, the solicitor added, was estimated at about -£3,000 per annum, and he would be pleased<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> +£3,000 per annum, and he would be pleased<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> to have an expression of Mr. Danby Travers's wishes with respect to the same.</p> -<p>£3,000 a year! Travers jumped out of +<p>£3,000 a year! Travers jumped out of bed and executed a series of gyrations. -£3,000 a year! That meant Mary. But +£3,000 a year! That meant Mary. But did it? It was a fortune to him, but how would Lord Illingworth view it? Well, if he didn't like it he needn't. Mary and he @@ -2290,7 +2247,7 @@ lively time of it.</p> place between Mary, younger daughter of Lord and Lady Illingworth, and Danby, ninth Baron Travers, a nobleman who had -been mentioned in despatches in the Iráwadi +been mentioned in despatches in the Iráwadi campaign, and who was not unknown at Hurlingham. His clubs were the Marlborough, Brooks's, and the Burglars'.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> @@ -3108,7 +3065,7 @@ the President. "I was remarking on the probability of a slump in radium. This is what to-day's paper says:</p> -<p>"'£896,000 was recently quoted as the +<p>"'£896,000 was recently quoted as the market price for a single pound of radium. We suggest that it would be advisable for any holder to realise promptly, as Professor @@ -3116,7 +3073,7 @@ Blyth has discovered a method of obtaining this remarkable element from a substance other than pitch-blende. He has already isolated one ounce avoirdupois—at yesterday's -price worth £56,000—which has been +price worth £56,000—which has been exhibited to a select number of scientists at his laboratory at Harlesden Green.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span></p> @@ -3145,7 +3102,7 @@ similar cries greeted the speaker.</p> "Our secretary informs me," he went on, "that the subscription of Major Everett Anstruther is now due. It is suggested that -he should produce this £56,000 worth of +he should produce this £56,000 worth of radium at our next meeting in payment thereof; although I believe that is something less than the value of membership @@ -3198,7 +3155,7 @@ and the phosphorescent screen behind.</p> <p>It was the radium! How could the Professor leave it in so exposed a place? No doubt it was there that it had been -exhibited to the scientists—but £56,000 +exhibited to the scientists—but £56,000 worth left on a table for anyone to handle! It was absurd. Only a professor would have done it.</p> @@ -3901,9 +3858,9 @@ is left of that immortal work in the handwriting of John Bunyan, has been waiting for offers at Messrs. Christie's rooms since November last. The highest bid from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> -the United Kingdom was £45 10s., at which +the United Kingdom was £45 10s., at which price the precious manuscript did not change -hands. We now hear that £2,000 has been +hands. We now hear that £2,000 has been offered and accepted. The purchaser is Mr. John Pilgrim, the Logwood King, of New York. At the present rate of denudation @@ -4334,7 +4291,7 @@ Roker asked. "Or Miss Pilgrim?"</p> <p>"I believe that Miss Pilgrim is in the grounds, but Mr. Pilgrim has gone across the moors in his motor to shed a tear at -the residence of the late Charlotte Brontë. +the residence of the late Charlotte Brontë. A wonderful man is the boss, my lord. It takes me all my time to file the information he gathers. It will be midnight before I @@ -4516,7 +4473,7 @@ enigmatically, as he watched her vanish, <p>Lord Roker made no attempt to purloin the Bunyan MS. that night. He thought it possible that the indefatigable Mr. Tullitt -might prolong his labours on Charlotte Brontë +might prolong his labours on Charlotte Brontë into the early hours of the morning, and, being of a thoughtful temperament, he was unwilling to interrupt them. He had still @@ -4560,7 +4517,7 @@ of keys, and finally opened it. There was a document inside, but instead of being<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span> time-stained, foxed, and torn, it was modern and neat. Moreover, it was type-written, -and endorsed, "Notes on the late C. Brontë, +and endorsed, "Notes on the late C. Brontë, Haworth, Eng., 1904."</p> <p>Lord Roker turned this out in disgust, @@ -4594,7 +4551,7 @@ window, and up the rope to his bedroom.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Pag went round the Hydro that the Bunyan MS. had been stolen from Mr. Pilgrim's rooms—the manuscript for which he had -just paid £2,000.</p> +just paid £2,000.</p> <p>A hole cut in one of the window-panes pointed to the method by which entry had @@ -4746,7 +4703,7 @@ the night before last. Just describe when you got it out, and what followed."</p> <p>"I'd finished my transcript of your notes -on Miss Brontë, sir, about 11.30, and, having +on Miss Brontë, sir, about 11.30, and, having half an hour to spare, I thought I'd just run over that old manuscript again. John Bunyan had his own notions about caligraphy, @@ -4770,10 +4727,10 @@ this pertic'ler moment I think you're more<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13 suited for raisin' cabbages than for secretary work. If you can't tell the difference in the handle of a Bunyan MS. and your notes -on Charlotte Brontë in the dark, you might +on Charlotte Brontë in the dark, you might know a banana from a potato in daylight. You're—you're—— Man, you put the -Brontë notes in the drawer, and left Bunyan +Brontë notes in the drawer, and left Bunyan out—brushed him on the floor in the dark, an' the help lit the fire with him. Gor!"</p> @@ -5067,7 +5024,7 @@ bloomin' fear."</p> <p>"I'm looking for something myself. It isn't in the safe, but it may be in some other drawer in the room. If I find it I'll -give you £250 myself."</p> +give you £250 myself."</p> <p>"Name o'Morgan, or am I speakin' to Lord Rothschild?" said the burglar sarcastically. @@ -5370,7 +5327,7 @@ important judgment. In the library he found two burglars, who succeeded in decamping before his lordship could obtain assistance.</p> -<p>"The Great Seal of England, and £250 in gold +<p>"The Great Seal of England, and £250 in gold and notes are missing.</p> <p>"This is probably the most audacious burglary @@ -5403,7 +5360,7 @@ hanged."</p></div> <p>Richard Hilton stared at this in blank amazement. The pains and penalties did -not disturb him, but "£250 in gold and notes +not disturb him, but "£250 in gold and notes missing" held him spellbound. Suddenly light dawned upon him, and he burst out with "Done! And by William! That was @@ -5414,7 +5371,7 @@ Cox's Bank. Sharp!"</p> <p>Ten minutes later he was at the bank counter.</p> -<p>"I have lost a cheque for £215, payable +<p>"I have lost a cheque for £215, payable to bearer, made out to self and endorsed. Please stop payment," he said.</p> @@ -5447,7 +5404,7 @@ midst with an apology. I take it that you have all seen the paragraph in the papers stating that the Great Seal is missing from the Lord Chancellor's House, and, in addition -to that, £250 in notes and gold. No explanation +to that, £250 in notes and gold. No explanation is needed as to the absence of the Great Seal, for that resulted from the mandate of your club. The other item calls @@ -5460,11 +5417,11 @@ to his parting from him, concluding, "So now, gentlemen, I suggest that I deserve your sympathy rather than your blame;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span> for not only has Mr. Sikes relieved me of -£250, but I have promised the Lord Chancellor +£250, but I have promised the Lord Chancellor to return anything we took away with us. I shall, therefore, have to send him a further like sum. I do not grudge the loss -of £500, since I have been enabled to qualify +of £500, since I have been enabled to qualify as a member of your club, but I do most sincerely regret that my bungling has led to even a temporary suspicion that the @@ -5533,7 +5490,7 @@ and the matter remained for some time the one unsolved riddle of his lordship's life.</p> -<p>Mr. William Sikes, with the £500 so +<p>Mr. William Sikes, with the £500 so ingeniously obtained, retired from the burglary profession, and bought a little public house known as the "Goat and Compasses." @@ -5735,7 +5692,7 @@ Rivers."</p> "Ah, to be sure—Mr. Birket Rivers, the young millionaire. Drives a team of spanking bays at the Four-in-Hand meets. -Attaché at Constantinople, or something. +Attaché at Constantinople, or something. Came into money and left the Service. Wishes he'd stopped in it, I believe. A very<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> active young gentleman. Oh, yes, I've heard of @@ -6532,7 +6489,7 @@ grizzly, stooping gentleman had passed, and with him a handsome dark-eyed girl. He<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span> learnt that this was the Earl himself, a scientific and somewhat eccentric widower, -and his only child Eva, a <i>débutante</i> of last +and his only child Eva, a <i>débutante</i> of last season.</p> <p>Prescott Cunningham—for so was this @@ -6637,7 +6594,7 @@ diagnosis, that music assists the digestion, and that certain music is more suited to a particular food than another. Therefore he swallowed his soup to a dreamy -prelude, his fish to a fugue. The <i>entrée</i> was +prelude, his fish to a fugue. The <i>entrée</i> was expedited by Beethoven, the joint disappeared to a triumphal march. Sweets demanded a waltz, cheese nothing more than a negro @@ -7858,7 +7815,7 @@ is not very fine. Now listen akain."</p> <p>He turned over the leaves and read:—</p> <p>"'Adolph Meyer, born 1864. Financier. -Son of Jacob Meyer of Düsseldorf. M.A. +Son of Jacob Meyer of Düsseldorf. M.A. London University, Commander of de Victorian Order, Chevalier of de Legion of Honour. Address: 16, Lombard Street, @@ -8258,7 +8215,7 @@ do is to tell me how you come to know these things."</p> <p>"Do not waste the time," she said impatiently. -"I am Adèle, Miss Richards' +"I am Adèle, Miss Richards' maid. She is in town with her brother, the captain. They must not see us together. When do you intend to—to——" She @@ -8310,14 +8267,14 @@ former burglaries—called in by accident, certainly, but he has his eye on us, and perhaps he now has some means of finding out in advance the task set to members. The -remarkably obliging Adèle may be merely a +remarkably obliging Adèle may be merely a female detective. She may assist me to get into the house, and show me where the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[240]</a></span> V.C. is, and then, when I get it, her friend Marvell will appear. In that case Richards and his sister are in the know, and this apparently casual meeting just now, and -Adèle's annoyance, was pre-arranged to +Adèle's annoyance, was pre-arranged to throw me off the scent. It seems to me, Maxwell-Pitt, that you'll have to be very careful what you are about, or you'll be @@ -8408,7 +8365,7 @@ injustice."</p> <p>"I do not know who your friend is, nor what you talk about," said Mademoiselle -Adèle. "I must return at once. Is it to +Adèle. "I must return at once. Is it to be a bargain or not? Fifty pounds is little compared to your share."</p> @@ -8462,14 +8419,14 @@ particularly."</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244 take it. You cannot have it."</p> -<p>"Mademoiselle Adèle, your scruples do you +<p>"Mademoiselle Adèle, your scruples do you credit; but, after all, are mushroom-pickers the people to talk about scruples? Here you are planning what is, in plain English, the robbery of your employer, so why stick at a trifle like that?"</p> -<p>"<i>Écoutez</i>, Mr. Jones. You are only a +<p>"<i>Écoutez</i>, Mr. Jones. You are only a burglar, so your opinion is no matter, but I shall tell you why I do this thing. I come to your country to get riches. I am clever, @@ -8478,7 +8435,7 @@ in my own valley of the Durance. First I was maid to one lady with a title so long," and she extended her arms to their full width. "I was 'appy. Then I met an -aëronaut—you understand, one who makes +aëronaut—you understand, one who makes ascensions in a balloon—who talked my language like myself. He persuades me to leave my place and marry him. I was idiot @@ -8508,7 +8465,7 @@ with her—not one month—so that is why she takes me. She is black slave-driver, and her temper—<i>mon Dieu</i>, it is dis-graceful! It is a horrible time here. Then there is -Alphonse, who is waiter at the Élysée Palace, +Alphonse, who is waiter at the Élysée Palace, who wants me to marry him and assist him to found a restaurant, and I must continually tell him 'Wait.'</p> @@ -8523,7 +8480,7 @@ what I think of him, and get a divorce, and then return and marry the good Alphonse, who adores me.' So you see that I am no common thief. Bah! As for -madame's jewellery, <i>ça ne fait rien</i>. She +madame's jewellery, <i>ça ne fait rien</i>. She is rich. I shall be glad to have annoyed her. But at once I tell you, you shall not have the Victoria Medal. That is not to @@ -8569,11 +8526,11 @@ At a few minutes to one o'clock he entered the grounds of Burgoyne Lodge, and made his way stealthily to the window fixed on. It open noiselessly, and he clambered through. -Mademoiselle Adèle was not there. Perhaps +Mademoiselle Adèle was not there. Perhaps she was reading Sir Walter Scott to Miss Richards. He would wait for half an hour, at any rate, before making any move. Perhaps -Adèle had thought better of her determination +Adèle had thought better of her determination about the cross, and would bring it with her rather than risk trouble.</p> @@ -8585,7 +8542,7 @@ Club would have puzzled him at first. Then there was his great predecessor, Poe's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a></span> Dupin, the detective of The Murders in the Rue Morgue, of The Mystery of Marie -Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter. Ah, The +Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter. Ah, The Purloined Letter! They were searching for that all over, probing every inch of space in the house for it, and there it was all the @@ -8595,7 +8552,7 @@ rose and flashed his light over the mantelpiece. There was the usual assortment of odds and ends, but the V.C. was not there. No; it was too much to expect. -Where did Richards keep it? Adèle had +Where did Richards keep it? Adèle had hesitated before replying that it was in the strong box in his bedroom. It might be—or it might not. Here, at any rate, were @@ -8608,7 +8565,7 @@ room.</p> <p>There was a bookcase with a cupboard and drawers. He opened the bookcase, but closed it quickly at the sight of the serried -ranks of the "Encyclopædia Britannica." +ranks of the "Encyclopædia Britannica." He had no better luck in the cupboard, but in the first drawer he pulled out, his eye was at once caught by two small cases. He<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[249]</a></span> @@ -8624,7 +8581,7 @@ this moment the door opened gently.</p> <p>By this time he had moved to the table. He turned his light on again.</p> -<p>Adèle was there—pale and excited. From +<p>Adèle was there—pale and excited. From a pocket which she must have specially constructed she produced a large case. She opened it, disclosing a necklace of large @@ -8683,7 +8640,7 @@ door opened wide, and Captain Richards entered, carrying a lighted candle in his hand.</p> -<p>Maxwell-Pitt and Adèle stood there transfixed. +<p>Maxwell-Pitt and Adèle stood there transfixed. The light shone full on them, but Captain Richards took no heed of them. His eyes were fixed, staring into space. He @@ -8694,7 +8651,7 @@ easy chair, drew the book-rest towards him, and leaned back, staring vacantly at the pages of the open book.</p> -<p>Adèle released the bell rope and held a +<p>Adèle released the bell rope and held a warning finger to her lips. She stepped lightly to Maxwell-Pitt. "Sh! it is dangerous to awaken him," she whispered. @@ -8707,7 +8664,7 @@ but softly."</p> <p>He clambered out, and then looked back through the window into the room.</p> -<p>Adèle picked up the jewel case and put +<p>Adèle picked up the jewel case and put it into her pocket. There she touched the bag of gold. She pulled it out, looked at it for a moment, then stepped hastily to the @@ -8734,7 +8691,7 @@ Captain Richards received the cross in a registered postal packet, with no word to explain the reason of its temporary absence; and a few days later a larger -postal packet came for Mademoiselle Adèle, +postal packet came for Mademoiselle Adèle, which, on being opened, disclosed to her enraptured eyes fifty sovereigns.</p> @@ -9661,384 +9618,6 @@ rest of the book.</p> <p>Page 207, "Adolf" changed to "Adolph" (<span class="smcap">Mr. Adolph Meyer</span>, the friend)</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Burglars' Club, by Henry A. 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