Project Gutenberg 2023-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 128 Barnes, Charles R. On the Sweeny wire $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith Corporation, $c1926. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "On the Sweeny Wire" by Charles R. Barnes is a crime fiction story written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around Belle Sweeny, the widow of a race-track gambler, who becomes entangled in intrigue and deception when she listens in on conversations over their party telephone line. The book explores themes of curiosity, betrayal, and the consequences of eavesdropping, as Belle's actions set off a chain of events in the underworld of gambling. In the story, Belle Sweeny’s mundane life takes an unexpected turn when she overhears a conversation that leads her to believe there's an insider winning horse race tip. As she attempts to leverage this information to change her and her husband's fortune, she unwittingly becomes embroiled in a plot orchestrated by Mike the Wop, a character with questionable motives. Belle’s desire for involvement leads her to eavesdrop more frequently, ultimately putting her husband at risk from a well-laid trap. The climax reveals Belle's missteps as the scheme unravels, underscoring the dangers of her curiosity and the foreshadowed consequences of the secrets shared over the telephone wire. The story captures the thrill and tension of gambling alongside the personal dilemmas that arise from Belle's choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/PopularMagazineV085N0319270820_201706/page/154 20230818194316barnes 1926 US Reading ease score: 90.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Short stories Gambling -- Fiction Horse racing -- Fiction Telephone -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 59341 2025-07-28T11:08:33.375442 text/html 34807 2023-11-08T04:58:08 text/html 512645 2025-07-28T11:08:36.206412 application/epub+zip 511423 2025-07-28T11:08:34.331507 application/epub+zip 144348 2025-07-28T11:08:33.740379 application/epub+zip 950604 2025-07-28T11:08:37.719409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 943650 2025-07-28T11:08:35.733358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52168 2025-07-28T11:08:33.246424 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32406 2023-11-08T04:58:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15908 2025-07-28T11:08:37.876363 application/rdf+xml 27774 2025-07-28T11:08:33.987376 image/jpeg 4649 2025-07-28T11:08:33.863393 image/jpeg 522437 2025-07-28T11:08:33.389403 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog