The presidential snapshot
The presidential snapshot by Bertram Lebhar is available here as the complete text, split into 913 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The presidential snapshot by Bertram Lebhar. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70413.
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The presidential snapshot
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Cabinet Discussion
- Chapter III A Matter in Confidence
- Chapter IV Señora Felix
- Chapter V Bold Curiosity
- Chapter VI A Meeting After Dark
- Chapter VII Discouraging News
- Chapter VIII The Lost Cause
- Chapter IX The Girl in Pink
- Chapter X A Diplomat’s Daughter
- Chapter XI On the Right Track
- Chapter XII Truth Will Out
- Chapter XIII A Mysterious Summons
- Chapter XIV The Plea
- Chapter XV The Señora or the President
- Chapter XVI A New Menace
- Chapter XVII A Forced Play
- Chapter XVIII What Gale Overheard
- Chapter XIX How It Worked
- Chapter XX His Plan
- Chapter XXI The Snapshot
- Chapter XXII Captain Cortrell’s Orders
- Chapter XXIII The Plate Developed
- Chapter XXIV A Serious Situation
- Chapter XXV The Prisoner
- Chapter XXVI A Vain Appeal
- Chapter XXVII Portiforo’s Way
- Chapter XXVIII Old Scores
- Chapter XXIX At the Palace
- Chapter XXX Blue Spectacles
- Chapter XXXI Wireless Warning
- Chapter XXXII A Welcome Intrusion
- Chapter XXXIII Like a Bad Penny
- Chapter XXXIV Cause for Anxiety
- Chapter XXXV An Interrupted Dinner
- Chapter XXXVI A Bold Attempt
- Chapter XXXVII Gale Turns a Trick
- Chapter XXXVIII A Little Keepsake
- Chapter XXXIX Two Laconic Orders
- Chapter XL Beside the Great Gun
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