The Secret Witness is an action packed novel exposing an international conspiracy that, if successful, will result in a coup d'etat that will rip the heart of the Russian Empire. The clandestine meeting is unwittingly overheard by two young lovers, one English - one Austro-Hungarian, who flee to Vienna to inform their respective governments of the plot. First published in 1917, The Secret Witness could well have been written by a modern day spy novelist.

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Pike and cutlass, hero tales of our navy. This book, "Pike and cutlass," by George Gibbs, is a replication of a book originally published before 1900. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

In the still evening air the dust hung golden for a moment and then slowly settled on tree and hedgerow; from a distance, faintly diminishing, the tinkle of sheep bells, the call of a bird, the sighing of a breeze, and then, silence. Against the stillness, suddenly, as though pricked upon the velvety background of the summer night, a quick, sharp staccato note near at hand, a crackle as of brittle things breaking and a large thorn bush by the side of the deserted road quivered and shook as its leaves parted and a head appeared.