Frank L Packard

A League to Rosthny by Frank L. Packard, Stoughton, Mass. 3600 Words. An unpublished short story, perhaps./drf             Stillwoods.Blogspot.Ca            December 2018. Louis returned to consciousness and to the knowledge that his head throbbed painfully. He staggered slowly to his feet and passed his hand dazedly across his eyes. The recollection of having been set upon by some three or four ruffians was all that remained to him of the affair. He looked around the room. It was richly, even luxuriously, furnished. The window gave upon a courtyard beneath, fronting a long stretch of road that ran to right and left. ‘Twas evidently the country estate of some wealthy personage, and yet, if such it were, ‘twas strange he should be treated thus. The cords with which he had been bound still lay in a heap where they had cut them from him. It had a sinister air. Even did h...

The Council of Twelve By Frank L. Packard From the Fonds of Frank L. Packard at the Library and Archives, Canada. First published [Richard Marters], (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Feb 1908. For            Stillwoods.Blogspot.Ca           December 2018. Though the morning repast that James set before his master was no whit less tempting, the table appointments in no particular less dainty or inviting, and James’ own attentions even more pronounced than usual, Marters toyed with his breakfast. The morning’s mail beside his plate was mostly unopened. The task had been halted before it was fairly begun by the very strange epistle that had lain almost at the top of the pile. He had spread the letter open before him to read and re-read it with a puzzled expression on his face that now and then deepened into a frown. Finally, he pushed back his plate and, gathering up his mail, passed from the...