Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Fifth Ace
    The Fifth Ace
    The Fifth Ace
    Ebook396 pages5 hours

    The Fifth Ace

    By George W. Gage and Isabel Ostrander

    ()

    Read preview
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    The Fifth Ace

    Read more from George W. Gage

    Related to The Fifth Ace

    Related ebooks

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Sep 1, 2022

      1. Here there’s no rainy season.Sun scalds my forehead,yet the pool is empty. Beside it,a toppled table, its glass surface shattered.The asphalt is too hot for bare feet. 2. Far away: white hillocksand white dunes under a deepblue sky. Swirling winds

      5 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Dec 1, 2022

      Nothing is as important to our ability to survive as our ability to hurt. -Haider Warraich, The Song of Our Scars, 2022 In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. -William Blake, T

      4 min read

    • Article

      Reginald’s Party

      Jul 10, 2022

      For the fourth time that evening, Reginald smoothed his moustache in the mirror. It was perfect. Was it? Just a touch here… Now it was perfect. Soon his guests would arrive—only a few this evening, a small coterie from the Mayfair Club, on whom he co

      27 min read

    • Article

      Of Bankruptcy And Birds

      Jul 14, 2021

      T HE family motto of the Marquess of Aberdeen is fortuna sequatur, or ‘let fortune follow’. However, reading Simon Welfare’s tale of the 1st Marquess’s reversal of his heraldic exhortation, it is difficult not to believe a more appropriate motto woul

      4 min read

    • Article

      Stalking Diary

      Aug 3, 2022

      Stalking Diary
      2 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Jun 4, 2018

      I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. —Fred Allen I have always wondered, in reading travels, at the childish joy travellers felt at meeting people they knew, and their sense of loneliness when they did not, in

      4 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Sep 1, 2021

      If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied. —Rudyard Kipling, “Epitaphs of the War,” The Years Between, 1919 She consulted me, a glance, and said: “I think not anything off the wagon. It arrives too quickly. Let’s have somethi

      4 min read

    • Article

      Giving Lincolnshire Its Due

      Jun 29, 2022

      MAY we play a word-association game? I say ‘Lincolnshire’ and you reply... Yes, you might struggle to find anything to say about the ancient shire of that name. Perhaps ‘cathedral’ and ‘cabbages’ will float up through the mist of memory. I doubt many

      5 min read

    • Article

      Following a Thread

      Sep 19, 2019

      Following a Thread
      6 min read

    • Article

      Mandela’s Cape Town

      Feb 1, 2024

      Mandela’s Cape Town
      8 min read

    • Article

      Table Talk

      Sep 1, 2022

      Table Talk
      10 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Dec 2, 2019

      Is not January the hardest month to get through? When you have weathered that, you get into the gulf-stream of winter, nearer the shores of spring. —Henry David Thoreau, Journal, February 2, 1854 [T]he pure luxury of a cloudless sky designed not to

      4 min read

    • Article

      Stop Hating on Adjectives!

      Jun 12, 2019

      A common admonition in creative writing pedagogy is, “Cut as many adjectives as possible.” I propose that this rule springs from mere prejudice. The post Stop Hating on Adjectives! appeared first on The Millions.

      7 min read

    • Article

      Rescue Remedies

      Nov 1, 2023

      Rescue Remedies
      8 min read

    • Article

      It’s A Small World

      Jul 3, 2023

      It’s A Small World
      12 min read

    • Article

      Lamport Hall

      Mar 7, 2024

      Lamport Hall
      6 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Jun 1, 2022

      Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine. The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. —Adam Zagajewski, “Try to Praise the Mutilated World,” tr. by Clare C

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Tale Of Two Dickens

      Nov 24, 2022

      A Tale Of Two Dickens
      8 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Dec 1, 2023

      O for a beaker full of the warm South … -John Keats, “Ode to a Nightingale,” 1819 On the Sunday in December 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a group of College Board officials happened to be having lunch together in Princeton … talking, as

      3 min read

    • Article

      Roger's PROFANISAURUS

      Nov 19, 2020

      Roger's PROFANISAURUS
      8 min read

    • Article

      La Otra Historia

      Jun 30, 2022

      La Otra Historia
      14 min read

    • Article

      Roger’S PROFANISAURUS

      Aug 4, 2022

      profanisaurus@viz.co.uk air fryer 1. n. Device for making chips that won’t fur up your arteries. 2. n. A highcalorie food’s ghost exorcised from the premises of one who enjoys an unusually high-fat diet. Alan Sugar’s beard n. A straggly, threadbare f

      6 min read

    • Article

      Dom Joly

      Feb 1, 2024

      Dom Joly
      3 min read

    Reviews for The Fifth Ace

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Fifth Ace - George W. Gage

      }1^book_preview_excerpt.html|ێIܯD0ȪY4xgDKЃggf"ãRɜ'}~b}DfvGDY3M*3/bǎaS!?S,4v}t)Wn<O˸)EM}hMq4XcxU?K^]`.]/X]sj#8bE2 #~V}rS;CcU~w.jt_G'oG/61ǁC6o2N[6S4q"^ڦn5tϏ*ocpN!~b2)_nO_?ކv?ao\lM=kPb"ev%o̟smUqe?|~[g/?.^>{ݫWo_K^^Xt}Bo)tc(bLv~K%ijQ*nO{3/ rvPg~W/ӛnW޿%_ʍx^xs=)^ӟy7Ȼ_7??) |Wǧy|wߞsw&=ۗ&/}wOOXW.ngo^?x&?1-|3U8eR_iLS?C_< }McT0XyhX|@`ꃇ!H,B9^#]h -N 4-v{w4xZ<6Bj΀-]N<Ncbۄ)FATG3| qC=Ƣ] UmO*ȺC XXsPm K}{bxwcn,}Ms~۴/kt(xc Fl/`x Cf s)~"M T7$'͡GT>!wM)4wƂPbB[0̂ u#1 yKȰǕ}}h٣(lӽf(1zz%B4#2`OD:ƀdz֞6S{uQ|L2!#f9耷Sxf+1'mߓo['v9fCm;1 .D֒-ޭ|VMCc mRywU<?`nZZL{ bbe[.zvs%oQ4򓖉U|@lBZme>%lV%n#G[Ux) CM :O B#]oG~Oq J&O'M vfgp`DJr'EZjYvyQߨbld W 5YB٧aXo0}NmCéf sU#:< 1}8WD(.3s`yc/ƭpH@r{`O^/#0 D4Z*5,F{1cNP֌W¨L= `Kﲷb x0!^r V#ճ,anX ,*h4Eu:a*r.1,z俐 GZ ԭQNMaji&!j!EPz,DLrqY6Nr%UviR0 w/ ,dwa6Rk9\ j`! WO'&1I?m5j| T zH7뮱]`]=v9!cc#(7={%M_G""]J8PQ}vÀcp0&)IҀL^o#--1*4x,2 |7k;>(yqi]{ZA!Qk.2("#% 0.&yS&+{Å&-dÎ۴Z7=46[&i1ه~3?MZSNv'9<5}CbKrN"n˶=aT-~XۛCqgө:[ƘH[ E7U<"UMr>BVTlA%?3CE//-'D _hB.[_}%+wz?n?J>~YYl?];3>l~^08BȲnՒTXN쏸1^FIT%vɐLWb(bZBBGS=|W8a ?%&bl0ff1ĜpyR?u)9f{1G[RY76Yۈli:, 51ǧjZX٭a̎\]R™7vQUX{b+Ș5T19R2cя0j2h͘ĂruaKO DPuIӘSs2= w7򥟓bll,nu+eBv+>tj$ap<`Rձ,R$AR2FՎdk1Ϻ̕' Bj뚳Y]o`~/h`e5{ \ZU/ RΛ 0>ԹulO6E{P`1}V]{eL!ǒ2c!TZx.IZCgY|Мy"W2\(q3᎙5y&!Rr Ǵ0}V3'; eQw״x?p0007%`DPfމ00O /^P-GɜVŋĭ\Mk4^1lTl1{A4*`H ^TSkkNkcHCh,l>gAIJ,CQ~Ĝݑh LcaB ;'mWSےqMŰ'}V?֟o-+nc,QcHgZ] Ҧ1 wUv ˲<0)hkGvK(qo|` O[>ks.FʆQ")s$ ;Qٷ-# Cv9,7JIռp2z\:O6&{@ FvMd`ŗm`_Gw˺ \yvZ awBQ) 'kΛh9Skjf$rgc\Քlq꘨ +[W.|9h0zfYC Ai}mcjƖhnjE3X+2{X҆#k79% UlVNf1/7tL=A6۶ɻԐ}0~T("1T=jNρ눆۸*P> 3ug[Xf#GqQzFn #~\m|1,v3 kK+09FTV82D/ @g6yA(ӱ쪯U15(8x!p=GACuqԁcY)G 82baQ"Xou|ggPX,VxЫ؊6mYoW_p9k/,rTEj/q9.OiK~4ijlU)YVڛ4 #HkBʬgeg{G H|*.Ԛ4b(A{n*^nVQ{PNR1XvHB]sH[t̜RN˙wL^6:ƙx`0ODB6;viEC&:N1ȫzUM5so? W71aG˘K먨qЬg3qIّdNe}t)so40I Xc[մz |`EweͼKr$lklE"!}Ư*#&#J4P;_ wqRH U+:(-Uvk3Hl<^SnH Ϡ^/ [䮤1.?+o(>#HR* *r]"a[+-\D3.|ѭhzl" r~+]O1kZ fՖ[ir۸dB_rR[yqi. |ӭKF ~Wd jxx!Jg,3_ 6ro#8>f"\9=*-d)'ѕ~XLd nbt9r*$0%K(l[3X]־1EF3#=iag[h*±^i(ynHB\h< Q=]MpeKqS,s=C^VNbRO4-SiH*RyYHNdʄo{)rBkϨX˫ )fѿ82(8.r{)#PŬZ;^MnXܐ̎ST.PuHT,l0-Ӣ`_}g2wf/+S9qDGUj$Nz$KsDOd$9fBKۼ0s'u$==l/[RʖNl BwTGn,R`G-cQIK¬FH8rFD %s l\x2 S<*IF4"oki 3e*QY87e=VN9bXn9a|OH8YD3jKFAps'PڋAyS[K,쪤O"bYmdv> ~#ׂxi/s4> ذ*!Y#:_qݺѰ0gMXV5'| 8:htr9e }W~0Za w91|W7" r"Uþ8jxDaRvfga[mTԆ3yK>4Y8 ~DvrQB<ԃQU8x<ΚZh~CipW 1'm)}uE;#P]guڪ:AR<"/T6N d o3N4v?+yh]Я$3L Oڸ.3|1QSِ nUj=<<=jm?w }~=Cc88яA~9mj`=Įm-m:m㡗2W1YEB +{"&+P2|Si`nLXP{xOECml׃~dOꅨMRz-#ŴpKdzAuY?1HQtI/- b7333TvqF`z>k/:b 'ivv, zitԈ>Kf.f2*XjUnkubeuLIndKbU\X]`y<4dfMA֫]pBҪE n"bùM*/R:0 Ⱦ:+5:2Ȅ,Ĝfr8N-T"u)bH/Azi5*x7%s5 U]~ h!DhaVmʫfhe4YBϔ.Wָvk2c׫krxk@ad 5t .RwkRh#4Q_p1ʌz2I87OkvDY\oE{jtР|O1d%VVuu `2tǚt&wOc__H^2x;aT2JY%MxW$2dz( 4@#?ϵ{#2bˬ tKgGܻxyMW6s4 )gAFvxV'";?gnMq_^~7+K:o,J{HfC|u]&x>*hx;⌒ b"@ CgE/1>>N|TR5u0 #ٜ9QEe#@tdv \ ܽ:a_s޵j+r>ZO`h,~ >p=WiI3|syJ[zE:阞?;;(8FX-fՂNEQ+ '/CmdiOTeMQ풂3yA?YEg%sxOu]է4ćڌavz}'.lF;-68"(M['>>,]dvd\ %/s69!;+ >>Zi{yl:W6^x <2_Bd·ϣ+ q*9q& 'l-iL[)Қ>{ʗ]Te΄0 \ n' {07$IpID<[Uh*ٿ8ھ^wi#`,nAsԨ " ,)GYľvQ+;ЖYЗ`z]Vm' v,70Nb`%>A֪)aON{LLe3ΡQm|ZGLd+ͷYcy竂(.ٵU2PfL/#kg&H_*~:/_<} ]cGb<z`U d]m[ ccK6Sp~ȵuv-7±Bp ߐzZ_|f_ޒ:Kޫ=O"OcXzq{^6m'( >{m.Gvv>$1a[}йgC2(mPk”ug~3ˑ~JO)*q0O=sIucH8$n5buKh=>dێx <uM S" ج)c F(zΘĂV*@r*ڜ!UV)ԌxaXo!.1Q$n'%9\N]*E!f;D.,I}5#Zl,y`rG%Z66ߑ8Maѯ byl!b7wpGW3+ 𓬖ꅔΞ͛XF?t?WiێgsɳjƼ e^/ }.C^ R^I`[M=g0.np9$g, 斵E AB4(){0$rGK"r3ܩiFm9Kl$)a]6Y) |QԠ om Vi4_Ǻ2,p띺nVeU% µ0s·Tu( AD7(WX .M:*7t'2Z!xɸG\iGxf$e&Dpv%D.;>Fu38jոR(P,c=3<Ԯn# Bk=`SH,jq1h!Xbݺ$}L$ŇdSefΟk?* Jp!4zL'^oKHv\G|057LҮaӛHƯ*%x;כZf[u#+o;VQ* .ICCӺsS.Wi鴊1nuëu5gM)?ǠWb
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1