Irving meanwhile picked up a sou'wester that he found on the lower deck, put it over his head so that it partly covered, shaded, and hence considerably disguised his face, and then returned to the outer deck. True, the weather was not stormy, but the air was chilly and the "cloudburst hood" added considerably to his comfort.
The real Hessenburg had been assisted on board and was being questioned by Captain Bartholf. Irving heard the latter ask him his name, and then suddenly something happened which the trembling spy has ever since declared undoubtedly saved his life and some very important information for the Allies.
What caused the sudden lurch of the submarine was not subsequently disclosed. Possibly one of the men below, accidentally or thoughtlessly moved a lever or wheel that resulted in a momentary spasm of mechanical action. At any rate, all on the outer deck were dancing around for several seconds to preserve their balance, and one of them was not as successful as the others. That was Hessenburg, who was thrown violently against the low railing so that he struck his head on one of the iron standards or posts.
Evidently he was seriously injured, for he did not attempt to rise. The pallor of his face and the glassy look in his eyes indicated that he had fainted. He was carried below and restoratives were administered to him, but these did not bring back more than barely enough life to reassure his caretakers that the concussion on his head was probably not fatal.
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The run from the scene of the sinking of the British hospital ship and convoy to the Spanish coast was made in about eighteen hours, and before noon of the day following, Irving was landed on a bleak and desolate spot on the Bay of Biscay. Meanwhile, he had thankfully observed the slowness with which the former "cubist art spy" recovered. Although he found it necessary several times to be at the bedside of the patient, the latter showed no signs of recognition; indeed, he at no time before Irving was put ashore indicated that he had fully recovered from the stupor which followed the shock of his fall.
The story of how Irving found his way to a Spanish settlement and subsequently got in touch with a British consulate and thence again with the Canadian army is of little interest compared with the thrilling events heretofore narrated. Suffice it to say that in due time success met his efforts to get back with the Canadians, who retained unshakable possession of Vimy Ridge, and that the information he was able to turn over to his superior officers brought him recognition and honors from very high sources.
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ARMY BOYS SERIES
By Major Andrew S. Burley
1.--Uncle Sam's Army Boys on the Rhine, or, Bob Hamilton in the Argonne Death Trap.
2.--Uncle Sam's Army Boys in Italy, or, Bob Hamilton Under Fire in the Piave District.
3.--Uncle Sam's Army Boys in Khaki Under Canvas, or, Bob Hamilton and the Munition Plant Plot
4.--Uncle Sam's Army Boys with Old Glory in Mexico, or, Bob Hamilton Along Pershing's Trail.
NAVY BOYS SERIES
By Jasper Martin--Gunner's Mate
1.--Uncle Sam's Navy Boys with the Submarine Chasers, or, On Patrol Duty in the North Sea.
2.--Uncle Sam's Navy Boys Afloat, or, The Raid Along the Atlantic Seaboard.
3.--Uncle Sam's Navy Boys in Action, or, Running Down Enemy Commerce Destroyers.
4.--Uncle Sam's Navy Boys with the Marines, or, Standing Like a Rock at Chateau Thierry.
OVER THERE SERIES
By Capt. Geo. H. Ralphson
1.--Over There With the Marines at Chateau Thierry.
2.--Over There With the Canadians at Vimy Ridge.
3.--Over There With the Doughboys at St. Mihiel.
4.--Over There With Pershing's Heroes at Cantigny.
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Popular Copyrights
Here you will find the best works of the most popular authors, the choice late fiction books that have had big sales at high prices. Former prices were $1.50 to $1.60 per volume. The books are well made, printed right from the original high price plates, and each contains jacket in colors.
LIST PRICE, 75 CENTS
Adventures of Captain Kettle. Cutliffe Hyne
Alias "The Night Wind". Varick Vanardy
Apaches of New York. Alfred Henry Lewis
Around the World With Josiah Allen's Wife. Marietta Holley
Arsene Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes. Maurice LeBlanc
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. Maurice LeBlanc
Bat. Edward Marshall
Battle (The). Cleveland Moffett
Black Motor Car (The). Harris Burland
Broadway Jones. George M. Cohan and Edward Marshall
By Right of Conquest. Arthur Hornblow
Call of the Heart (The). L. N. Way
Champion. John Collin Dane
Chorus Lady (The). John W. Harding
The Country Boy (The). Homer Davenport
Crag Nest. T. C. DeLeon
Devota. Augusta Evans Wilson
Diamond From the Sky (The). Roy L. McCardell.
Double Cross (The). Gilson Willetts
Easiest Way (The). Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow.
End of the Game (The). Arthur Hornblow
Faro Nell and Her Friends. Alfred Henry Lewis
Garrison's Finish. W. B. M. Ferguson
Gertrude Elliott's Crucible. Mrs. George Sheldon Downs
Girl Question (The). John W. Harding
Girls of Silver Spur Ranch. Grace McGowan Cook and Anne McQueen
Greater Joy (The). Margaret Blake
Her Heart's Gift. Oliver Kent
Her Right Divine. Oliver Kent
Honor of His House (The). Andrew Soutar
House by the Lock (The). Mrs. C. N. Williamson
In Old Kentucky. Edward Marshall
Inspiration. Carol Gordon
International Spy (The). Allen Upward
Jess of the River. T. C. DeLeon
Katherine's Sheaves. Mrs. George Sheldon Downs
Kindling. Charles Kenyon and Arthur Hornblow
King of the Camorra. From the Italian of E. Serao
Land of the Frozen Suns. Bertrand W. Sinclair
Man's Code (A). W. B. M. Rerguson
Mask (The). Arthur Hornblow
Master of Fortune (A). Cutliffe Hyne
Matthew Ferguson. Margaret Blake
Modern Heloise (The). Alfred Buchanan
Mrs. Linthicum and Mary Jane. Charlotte Hay Meredith
My Lady Cinderella. Mrs. C. N. Williamson
Nation Famous New York Murders. Alfred Henry Lewis
New England Folks. Eugene W. Fresbrey
Night Wind's Promise (The). Varick Vanardy
Old Homestead (The). Novelized from the Great Play
Paid in Full. John W. Harding
Price (The). George Broadhurst, Arthur Hornblow
Quo Vadis. Henryk Sienkiewicz
Raw Gold. Bertrand W. Sinclair
Real Boys. Judge Henry A. Shute
Redeemed. Mrs. George Sheldon Downs
Return of the Night Wind. Varick Vanardy
Rogue's Heiress (The). Tom Gallon
Round Up (The). John Murray and M. M. Miller
Silver King (The). Alfred Wilson Barrett
Sins of Society. Cecil Raleigh
Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. Cyrus Townsend Brady
Souls of Men (The). Martha M. Stanley
Story of Paul Jones (The). Alfred Henry Lewis
Spendthrift (The). Porter Emerson Browne and Edward Marshall
St. Elmo. Augusta Evans Wilson
Step by Step. Mrs. George Sheldon Downs
Strongheart. F. R. Burton
Surry of Eagle's Nest. John Esten Cooke
Sweet Danger. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Talker (The). Marion Fairfax and Arthur Hornblow
Thoroughbred (The). Edith MacVane
Three Daughters of the Confederacy. Cyrus Townsend Brady
Time, Place and the Girl (The). John W. Harding
Traffic in Souls. Eustace Hale Ball
True Detective Stories. A. L. Drummond
Voice of the Heart (The). Margaret Blake
Warrens of Virginia (The). George Cary Eggleston
Wasp (The). Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Watch-Dog (The). Arthur Hornblow
White Rose of Memphis (The). W. C. Falkner
Wolf (The). Eugene Walter
Writing on the Wall. Edward Marshall
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Mrs. George Sheldon Downs
Katherine's Sheaves
A Great Novel With a Great Purpose
Katherine's Sheaves is altogether delightful, a charming piece of fiction, a beautiful romance. One must admire the book for its characterization, its brilliant pictures of life, and its dramatic situations, but still more for its philosophy and wisdom.
The story is a dramatic one, abounding in strong situations.
The plot is well conceived and carried out, the style easy and the characters likable.
12mo, Cloth, Illustrated. Popular Edition, 75 cents.
Step by Step
Judged as a story pure and simple, "STEP BY STEP," is altogether delightful. But it is not merely a charming piece of fiction. Ethical in its nature, the underlying thought shows throughout the lofty purpose and high ideals of the author, and exhales a wholesome atmosphere, while the element of romance pervading it is both elevated and enriched by its purity and simplicity.
12mo, Cloth, Illustrated. Popular Edition, 75 cents.
Gertrude Elliot's Crucible
It is a readable story, clean, wholesome, and high in moral tone--optimistic and constructive.
It has an alluring plot, and is well and skillfully worked out. The incidents are dramatic, and therefore always striking, and the entire romance will hold the attention of the reader.
12mo, Cloth, Illustrated. Popular Edition, 75 cents.
Redeemed
Dealing with divorce--the most vital problem in the world today--this book tells how a pure-minded woman is divorced from her Husband, upon a flimsy pretext, because he wishes to marry again. How he suffers when he learns that he has thrown away the true disinterested love of a noble woman and how he craves that love again, makes a vivid, forceful story of an intensely modern significance.
12mo, Cloth, Illustrated. Popular Edition, 75 cents.
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Late Rebound Fiction
By H. G. WELLS
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH.
WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN.
RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT.
BEALBY.
NEW WORLDS FOR OLD.
WHAT IS COMING.
ITALY, FRANCE AND BRITAIN AT WAR.
GOD, THE INVINCIBLE KING.
By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON, Author of "Graustark," Etc.
FROM THE HOUSETOPS.
GREEN FANCY.
By THOMAS DIXON, Jr.
FALL OF A NATION. The sequel to "Birth of a Nation."
By A. H. MAHER
SHEPHERD OF THE NORTH.
By ALICE BROWN
THE PRISONER.
By JEFFERY FARNOL. Author of "The Broad Highway."
OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY.
THE DEFINITE OBJECT.
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MOTOR BOAT BOYS SERIES
By Louis Arundel
1.--The Motor Club's Cruise Down the Mississippi; or, The Dash for Dixie.
2.--The Motor Club on the St. Lawrence River; or, Adventures Among the Thousand Islands.
3.--The Motor Club on the Great Lakes; or, Exploring the Mystic Isle of Mackinac.
4.--Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; or, The Struggle for the Leadership.
5.--Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast; or, Through Storm and Stress.
6.--Motor Boat Boys' River Chase.
THE BIRD BOYS SERIES
By John Luther Langworthy
1.--The Bird Boys; or, The Young Sky Pilots' First Air Voyage.
2.--The Bird Boys on the Wing; or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics.
3.--The Bird Boys Among the Clouds; or, Young Aviators in a Wreck.
4.--Bird Boys' Flight; or, A Hydroplane Round-up.
5.--Bird Boys' Aeroplane Wonder; or, Young Aviators on a Cattle Ranch.
CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES
By St. George Rathborne
1.--Canoe Mates in Canada; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan.
2.--Young Fur Takers; or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness.
3.--The House Boat Boys; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South.
4.--Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise in the Motor Boat.
5.--Camp Mates in Michigan; or, With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods.
6.--Rocky Mountain Boys; or, Camping in the Big Game Country.
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