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Updated: June 18, 2025
At night, this smithy of Vulcan becomes a glow of red, throbbing faintly against the darkness, a capricious and sullen beacon immeasurably removed from the path of men. Viewed from the veranda of the Marine Hotel, its vast flare on the horizon seems hardly more than an insignificant spark, like the glowing cigar-end of some guest strolling in the garden after dinner.
Jukesbury insisted, and waved a pudgy hand in the moonlight. "No, really, I cannot permit it. We will throw it away, if you please, and say no more about it," and his glance followed the glowing flight of his cigar-end somewhat wistfully.
A bright light streamed from the windows and cut a radiant path in the foggy rains. Some one threw away a cigar-end. The wet road shining in the glare of our pink candles, and the lightning flashing intermittently so that the mountain-tops sprang out to disappear again in the darkness; we felt as if we were living in the introduction of a mystery story from the Strand Magazine.
She called and her voice was young. "Dearest, it is late. Are you coming in?" His young voice answered. His far-flung cigar-end trailed across the darkness, his eager steps gave quick response the door was shut . "Oh, Derry, I'd call you like that " "And I should come." The light went out on the lower floor, and presently in a room above a window was illumined.
And flinging his cigar-end into the water, Lance turned on his heel and walked away. Knowing, or at least shrewdly guessing that Ralli was watching him, he sauntered away in his usual careless and easy fashion toward the hut, which they had laughingly dubbed "Staunton Cottage," and entered it.
"Oh, I've read somewhere about that, the way great men feel when they visit their native town." The short tramp took a clay pipe from his coat pocket and stuffed into it a cigar-end fished from another pocket. Then he inquired: "And now you're here, Billy, what are you go'n to do?" "Only ask around what's become o' my folks, then go away. It won't take me long."
"You had given me full liberty, if I should find it advantageous, to destroy you by flinging you on the ground like a cigar-end; but I have ruined you by a blunder.
"'Jack, he said, 'you will think me mad, but there is something deuced queer about this room to-night something in the atmosphere I cannot define, but which I have never felt here or indeed anywhere before. Look at that cigar-end look! "I did so, and received a shock.
But these people I am up against know your face as well as they know mine. If my secretary is known in certain quarters to have crossed to Paris at this time and to have interviewed certain people and that would be known as soon as it happened then the game is up." He threw away his cigar-end and looked at me questioningly.
Vivian reappeared in his office, to be greeted with a grin by Sam O'Neill, who, having just thrown his cigar-end into the ruined fireplace, was ready to go. "'Nother beggar, hey?" "No no ... Oh, no!" said the doctor, hastily. "Just a ah sort of a fellow wanted to see me ..."
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