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Stanley Weyman

When Love CallsWeyman Stanley John When Love Calls I HER STORY "Clare," I said, "I wish that we had brought some better clothes, if it were only one frock. You look the oddest figure."And she did. She was lying head to head with me on the thick moss that clothed one part of the river-bank above B...

Ovington's BankWeyman Stanley John Ovington's Bank CHAPTER I It was market day at Aldersbury, the old county town of Aldshire, and the busiest hour of the day. The clock of St. Juliana's was on the point of striking three, and the streets below it were thronged. The gentry, indeed, were beginning...

The Wild GeeseWeyman Stanley John The Wild Geese CHAPTER I ON BOARD THE "CORMORANT" SLOOP Midway in that period of Ireland's history during which, according to historians, the distressful country had none – to be more precise, on a spring morning early in the eighteenth century, and the reign of ...

Starvecrow FarmWeyman Stanley John Starvecrow Farm CHAPTER I ACROSS THE QUICKSANDS A head appeared at either window of the postchaise. Henrietta looked forward. Her lover looked back.The postchaise had nearly cleared the sands. Behind it the low line of Lancashire coast was fading from sight. Bef...

Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of FranceUNDER THE RED ROBECHAPTER I. AT ZATON'S CHAPTER II. AT THE GREEN PILLAR CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD CHAPTER IV. MADAME AND MADEMOISELLE CHAPTER V. REVENGE CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE PIC DU MIDI CHAPTER VII. A MASTER S...

The Man in BlackWeyman Stanley John The Man in Black CHAPTER I The Fair At Fécamp "I am Jehan de Bault, Seigneur of-I know not where, and Lord of seventeen lordships in the County of-I forget the name, of a most noble and puissant family, possessing the High Justice, the Middle, and the Low. In m...

My Lady Rotha: A RomanceWeyman Stanley John My Lady Rotha: A Romance CHAPTER I. HERITZBURG I never saw anything more remarkable than the change which the death of my lady's uncle, Count Tilly, in the spring of 1632, worked at Heritzburg. Until the day when that news reached us, we went on in our ...

A Little WizardWeyman Stanley John A Little Wizard CHAPTER I. PATTENHALL When the agent of General Skippon, to whom the estate of Pattenhall by Ripon fell, as part of his reward after the battle of Naseby, went down to take possession, he found a little boy sitting on a heap of stones a few paces...

The SnowballWeyman Stanley John The Snowball THE SNOWBALL The slight indisposition from which the Queen suffered in the spring of 1602, and which was occasioned by a cold caught during her lying-in, by diverting the King's attention from matters of State, had the effect of doubling the burden cas...

For the CauseWeyman Stanley John For the Cause FOR THE CAUSE I Paris had never seemed to the eye more peaceful than on a certain November evening in the year 1589: and this although many a one within its walls resented the fineness of that night as a mockery, a scoff at the pain of some and the f...