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...Brooklyn last week Ralph Gianerone showed two of his friends-Paul Riekle and Lawrence Gillison-his old Army rifle. He proposed a hunt. The three took out hunting licenses, set off in an automobile. At Palisades Interstate Park, a State game preserve, they entered the woods, proceeded afoot till they came to a wire enclosure. Inside the enclosure they could hear a pounding of hoofs. Presently, galloping along the barrier came a large animal with horns. Cried Paul Riekle and Lawrence Gillison: "Let him have it, quick!" Hunter Gianerone pointed his Army rifle through the wire, shot the animal dead...
...slake Reinhold's thirst; then he has a terrible time getting rid of her. Biberkopf helps him by taking over his castoffs; for a time they are great cronies. One night Reinhold persuades Biberkopf to come out on a job. The simple fellow does not realize what is afoot; be fore he knows it finds himself standing watch over a burglary. On the way back their car is followed by another. Partly to throw their pursuers off the track, partly to get rid of Biberkopf, Reinhold slugs him, heaves him into the street. The car runs over him, does...
...During the 30 years I enjoyed the Emperor's friendship I never saw him so broken as on that 31st day of January, which I remember as if it were yesterday. I had gone afoot to Hofburg [the Palace in Vienna] contrary to custom, having been ordered to present myself at 11 o'clock to read aloud to the Emperor and Empress. At the gate I saw to my horror, knowing the habits of the Emperor, for whom punctuality meant arriving a quarter of an hour ahead of time, that it was already five minutes past...
...week that hatless Explorer Wilkins had finished his rapid queries concerning stores for his Arctic-going submarine and had strode from the shop, Outfitter Fiala clapped on his hat and started on a minor expedition of his own. He lives in the far reaches of Brooklyn. Wending his way afoot to that remote region, he habitually guides himself by the stars. Arctica, Sir George Hubert Wilkins expects to take his submarine Nautilus to the North Pole this summer. Dr. Hugo Eckener may meet him there with the dirigible Graf Zeppelin. If those tours de force come to pass, the world...
When Bank Clerk Jim Blake found his boss in conference with a man who had a long red scar on the back of his hand, he had the feeling that something queer was afoot. This goes to show that in a mystery story not even the hero should jump to conclusions. Still, you can hardly blame Jim (who was not overly given to suspicion), for he never laid eyes again on the scarred man till they suddenly met in a dripping cavern, in the dark. Between those two meetings Jim had plenty to think about...