The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON THE WAR FRONT OR The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films BY VICTOR APPLETON AUTHOR OF "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS," "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS UNDER THE SEA," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP," ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
were engaged upon your noble works on German philosophy, and I
upon this study. So neither of us has missed his vocation; and
you, when you see your name here, will feel, no doubt, as much
pleasure as he who inscribes his work to you.--Your old
schoolfellow,
1840 De Balzac.
GOBSECK
It was one o'clock in the morning, during the winter of 1829-30, but
in the Vicomtesse de Grandlieu's salon two persons stayed on who did
not belong to her family circle. A young and good-looking man heard
the clock strike, and took his leave. When the courtyard echoed with
the sound of a departing carriage, the Vicomtesse looked up, saw that
no one was present save her brother and a friend of the family
finishing their game of piquet, and went across to her daughter. The
girl, standing by the chimney-piece, apparently examining a
transparent fire-screen, was listening to the sounds from the
courtyard in a way that justified certain maternal fears.
"Camille," said the Vicomtesse, "if you continue to behave to young
Comte de Restaud as you have done this evening, you will oblige me to
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON THE WAR FRONT OR The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films BY VICTOR APPLETON AUTHOR OF "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS," "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS UNDER THE SEA," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP," ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS