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Download or read book The Crimson Cryptogram written by Fergus Hume and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crimson Cryptogram, A Detective Story By Fergus Hume Robert Ellis, MD, wanted a moderate income, a home, and a wife to love him. Reasonable enough wishes for a doctor, but some cursed Fate prevented that from happening. On the night in question, Ellis sat, speaking to his friend journalist Harry Cass, complaining of his slow businesses and problematical future. Cass had all but decided that matrimony was a luxury a poor man must dispense with if he wanted to get on. It was at this point in the conversation that a young woman rang the doorbell. She proved to be pretty, bareheaded and apparently wild with terror. "My husband...my husband is...dead!" She paused with a catching in the throat, then her voice leaped to alto: "Murdered!" Her story was enough to rattle both men and encourage them to accompany her to the scene of the crime. While there, Ellis found a curious clue to the murder. Ellis drew off the shirt, the cuffs of which were dappled with blood, he noticed strange marks on the left arm. From wrist to elbow, on the inner part of the arm, various signs appeared on the white skin. These were rudely streaked with blood, and Ellis afterwards copied them into his note-book, thinking they might be useful later on, as indeed they proved to be. It transpired that the man was the son of Edgar Allan Moxton, the great picture-dealer of Bond Street, who died, leaving a large fortune behind him. The rest of the story would not be so straightforward.
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Download or read book The Crimson Cryptogram written by Fergus Hume and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Crimson Cryptogram" (A Detective Story) by Fergus Hume. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Download or read book The CRIMSON CRYPTOGRAM by FERGUS HUME written by Fergus Hume and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. A MIDNIGHT SURPRISE"Poverty, naked and unconcealed! One can endure that, with some patience, as a beaten soldier in the battle of life. But genteel pauperism--the semi-poverty of the middle-class, that lives a necessary lie at the cost of incessant worry and constant defeat--there you have the true misery of life. Believe me, Cass, there is no torture like that of an ambition which cannot be attained for lack of money.""I did not know you were ambitious, Ellis.""Not of setting the Thames on fire. My desires are limited to a good practice, a moderate income, a home, and a wife to love me. These wishes are reasonable enough, Heaven knows, yet some cursed Fate prevents their realisation. And I have to sit down and wait; a doctor can do nothing else. I must listen with such philosophy as I have for the ring of the door bell to announce my first patient, and the ring never comes. The heart grows sick, the brain rusty, the money goes, the temper sours, and so I pass the best days of my life.""All things come to him who knows how to wait," said Cass, knocking the ashes out of a well-smoked briar."And the horse is the noblest of all animals," retorted Ellis. "I never did find consolation in proverbs of that class."The two men sat in their dingy sitting-room talking as usual of a problematical future. Every night they discussed the subject, and every discussion ended without any definite conclusion being arrived at. Indeed, only Fortune could have terminated the arguments in a satisfactory manner, but as yet the fickle deity showed no disposition to make a third in the conversation. Therefore, Robert Ellis, M.D., and Harry Cass, journalist, talked, and talked, and talked. They also hoped for the best, a state of mind sufficiently eloquent of their penniless position. Unless they or their relatives are sick, rich people have no need to hope for the best. The second virtue dwells almost exclusively with the poor and ambitious, as do her two sisters.Supper was just over, but even cold beef, pickles and bottled beer, with the after comfort of a pipe, could not make Ellis happy. The more philosophical Cass lay on the ragged sofa and digested his meal, while the doctor walked up and down the room railing at Fate. He was a tall young man, clean-limbed, and sufficiently good-looking. Poverty and former opulence showed themselves in the threadbare velveteen smoking suit he wore; and the past recurred to him as he flicked some ash off this relic of bygone days."O Lord!" he said regretfully, "how jolly life was when I bought these clothes some five years ago! My father had not died a bankrupt country squire then; and I was a rowdy medico, with plenty of money, and a weakness for the other sex.""You haven't strengthened in that direction, Bob.""Perhaps not; but I never think of women now--not even of a possible wife. Matrimony is a luxury a poor man must dispense with, if he wants to get on. I have dispensed with every blessed thing short of the bare necessities of existence, yet I don't get any reward. Every dog has his day, they say: but the day of this poor cur never seems to dawn.""You are more bitter than usual, Ellis.""Because I am sick of my life. You have some compensations, Harry, in connection with that newspaper you write for. You mix with your fellow-men; you exchange ideas; you have your finger on the pulse of civilisation. But I sit in this dismal room, or walk about this B[oe]otian neighbourhood, in the vain hope of getting a start. I can't rush out and drag in someone to be dosed; I can't go from house to house soliciting patients. I can only wait wait, wait; until I feel inclined to blow my brains out.""If you did that, Bob, the folly of the act would prove that you have none," said Cass. "Come, old man, buck up; something is sure to turn up when you least expect it."
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Download or read book The Crimson Cryptogram written by Fergus Hume and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Crimson Cryptogram: A Detective Story Fergus Hume New Amsterdam book co., 1902
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Download or read book The Crimson Cryptogram; a Detective Story written by Fergus Hume and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVI THE END OF THE STORY So in this way the truth was discovered, and Ellis returned to show the confession of Captain Garret to Mrs Moxton. Laura was so overcome that her innocence was proved, her dread was removed, that she fainted during the recital. While Ellis and Janet were looking after her, Cass arrived. Mrs Moxton recovered her senses, and retired to lie down; while Harry, having read the confession, discussed what was to be done with it. "If you show it to the police, I am afraid Schwartz will get into trouble, as he has permitted a criminal to escape." "That is true enough," replied Ellis. "For my part, now that we have absolute proof of Mrs Moxton's innocence, I don't think it is necessary to make the matter public." "Mr Busham may do so, out of revenge," said Janet. "Don't you believe it, Miss Gordon. Busham, by the showing of this confession, knew all about the crime. He saw it committed, he tampered with Garret, and held his tongue in order to secure Moxton's money. On the face of it, he is an accessory after the fact, and, terrified by the fear of punishment, will keep silence. Besides, even if he does speak, we can first warn Schwartz to leave England, and then inform the police. Busham does not know, and never will know, that Schwartz has been implicated in Garret's escape." "What Harry says is very true," chimed in Ellis. "I think all danger is over." "Thank God for that!" cried Janet, clasping her hands. "Oh, how terrible these past months have been!" "You will have no more trouble if I can help it," said the doctor, taking her hand. "What I said when I believed you to be Mrs Moxton, I say now; and I ask you to be my honoured wife." Janet sobbed. "You forget! I have a shady past!" "A noble past. You have been...
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Download or read book The Crimson Cryptogram written by Fergus Hume and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collector's Edition - unedited and unabridged paperback. Robert Ellis, MD, wanted a normal life, moderate income, a home, and a wife. One night, Ellis sat, speaking to his journalist friend Harry Cass, complaining of his slow businesses and problematical future. Cass had all but decided that matrimony was a luxury a poor man must dispense with if he wanted to get on. It was at this point in the conversation that a young woman rang the doorbell. She proved to be pretty, bareheaded and apparently wild with terror. "My husband...my husband is...dead!" She paused with a catching in the throat, then her voice leaped to alto: "Murdered!" Her story was enough to rattle both men and encourage them to accompany her to the scene of the crime. While there, Ellis found a curious clue to the murder. Ellis drew off the shirt, the cuffs of which were dappled with blood, he noticed strange marks on the left arm. From wrist to elbow, on the inner part of the arm, various signs appeared on the white skin. These were rudely streaked with blood, and Ellis afterwards copied them into his note-book, thinking they might be useful later on, as indeed they proved to be. It transpired that the man was the son of Edgar Allan Moxton, the great picture-dealer of Bond Street, who died, leaving a large fortune behind him. The rest of the story would not be so straightforward.
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Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Fergus Hume (Illustrated) written by Fergus Hume and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 13561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prolific author of vintage thrillers, Fergus Hume rose to fame following the publication of his first novel, ‘The Mystery of a Hansom Cab’. It became the best-selling mystery novel of the Victorian era and went on to inspire Arthur Conan Doyle to write ‘A Study in Scarlet’, featuring Sherlock Holmes. This comprehensive eBook presents Hume’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hume’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 64 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare story collections * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Professor Brankel’s Secret Madame Midas The Girl from Malta The Piccadilly Puzzle The Gentleman Who Vanished Miss Mephistopheles The Man with a Secret A Creature of the Night Monsieur Judas When I Lived in Bohemia Whom God Hath Joined The Fever of Life The Chinese Jar The Island of Fantasy The Harlequin Opal The Lone Inn The Gates of Dawn The Third Volume The White Prior Tracked by a Tattoo The Clock Struck One The Rainbow Feather The Devil-Stick The Red-Headed Man The Silent House in Pimlico The Indian Bangle The Crimson Cryptogram The Vanishing of Tera The Bishop’s Secret The Lady from Nowhere A Traitor in London The Millionaire Mystery A Woman’s Burden The Pagan’s Cup The Turnpike House A Coin of Edward VII The Silver Bullet The Yellow Holly The Mandarin’s Fan The Red Window The White Room The Secret Passage Lady Jim of Curzon Street The Opal Serpent The Wooden Hand The Black Patch The Purple Fern The Amethyst Cross The Sealed Message The Green Mummy The Crowned Skull The Sacred Herb The Solitary Farm The Peacock of Jewels The Mikado Jewel The Spider The Pink Shop The Mystery Queen Red Money A Son of Perdition In Queer Street The Lost Parchment The Red Bicycle The Short Story Collections Chronicles of Faeryland The Dwarf’s Chamber and Other Stories Hagar of the Pawn-Shop The Dancer in Red The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
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