A Hero of Liége: A Story of the Great War
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At nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, August 4, Kenneth Amory walked into the private office of the head of the well-known firm of Amory & Finkelstein, gutta-percha manufacturers, of Cologne. Max Finkelstein, the head of the firm, swung round on his revolving chair, moved his hand backward over his brush-like crop of brownish hair, and looked up through his spectacles at Kenneth, his stout florid countenance wearing an expression of worry. "I sent for you to tell you to pack up and get away by the first train," he said, in German. "Things are looking very black; the sooner you are home, the bett...
Chapters (20)
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I--THE OPENING OF THE GAME
- CHAPTER II--THE FIRST TRICK
- CHAPTER III--THE SECOND TRICK
- CHAPTER IV--IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY
- CHAPTER V--A CLOSE CALL
- CHAPTER VI--THE OLD MILL
- CHAPTER VII--A HORNET'S NEST
- CHAPTER VIII--A FIGHT IN THE MILL
- CHAPTER IX--IN THE TRENCHES
- CHAPTER X--BROKEN THREADS
- CHAPTER XI--THE CENTRE ARCH
- CHAPTER XII--A FIGHT WITH A ZEPPELIN
- CHAPTER XIII--THE GREAT GUNS
- CHAPTER XIV--HUNTED
- CHAPTER XV--HUNS AT PLAY
- CHAPTER XVI--THE CARETAKER
- CHAPTER XVII--A BARMECIDE FEAST
- CHAPTER XVIII--RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
- CHAPTER XIX--'A LONG, LONG WAY----'
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