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THE ADVENTURES
OF HEINE
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EDGAR WALLACE
Author of "Keepers of the King's Peace,"
"People of the River," etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1929
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ALEXANDER AND THE LADY
CHAPTER II. THE MAN WHO DWELT ON A HILL
CHAPTER III. THE LOVELY MISS HARRYMORE
CHAPTER IV. THE Affair OF MISTER HAYNES
CHAPTER V. THE MAN FROM THE STARS
CHAPTER VI. THE Affair of THE ALLIES' CONFERENCE
CHAPTER VII. THE WORD OF A PRINCE
CHAPTER VIII. THE JERMYN CREDIT BANK
CHAPTER IX. MR. COLLINGREY, M.P. - PACIFIST!
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ X. Tƒŧ GǡŧΏ Eƿ΄ŧƯLjǙŧ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XI. Tƒŧ MǼǡŠŧǡŧǡǪ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XII. Tƒŧ PĵǪǪƗƿƄ Ljż HŧƗƿŧ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XIII. Tƒŧ U-BLjĵǵ AŠ΄ŧƿǵǼǡŧ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XIV. Bǡŧǵƒǡŧƿ Ljż ǵƒŧ OǡŠŧǡ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XV. Tƒŧ WLjǡƯŠ DƗŕǵĵǵLjǡ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XVI. Tƒŧ SΏǡŧƿ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XVII. Tƒŧ CLjƽƗƿƄ Ljż ǵƒŧ BLjƯǪƒŧ΄ƗƫǪ
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XVIII. Tƒŧ GLjƗƿƄ Ljż HŧƗƿŧ
EƿŠƿLjǵŧǪ
THE ADVENTURES OF HEINE
CHAPTER I.
ALEXANDER AND THE LADY
Sŧŕǡŧǵ Sŧǡ΄Ɨŕŧ work is a joke in peace time and it is paid on joke rates. People talk of the fabulous sums of money which our
Government spend on this kind of work, and I have no doubt a very large sum was spent every year, but it had to go a long way. Even
Herr Kressler, of the Bremen-America Line, who gave me my monthly cheque, used to nod and wink when he handed over my two hundred marks.
“Ah, my good Heine,” he would say, stroking his stubbly beard,
“they make a fool of me, the Government, but I suppose I mustn’t ask who is your other paymaster?”
“Herr Kressler,” said I earnestly, “I assure you that this is the whole sum I receive from the Government.”
“So!” he would say and shake his head: “Ah, you are close fellows and I mustn’t ask questions!”
There was little to do save now and again to keep track of some of
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