The Salad Of Colonel Cray
Father Brown was walking home from Mass on a white weird morning when the mists were slowly lifting one of those mornings when the very…
Literature
Freckles M’Grath
Many visitors to the State-house made the mistake of looking upon the Governor as the most important personage in the building. They would walk up…
Ancient Lights
From South water, where he left the train, the road led due west. That he knew; for the rest he trusted to luck, being one…
For Love Of The Hills
“Sure you’re done with it?” “Oh, yes,” replied the girl, the suggestion of a smile on her face, and in her voice the suggestion of…
A Defensive Diamond
A Defensive Diamond by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Treddleford sat in an easeful arm-chair in front of a slumberous fire, with a volume of verse in…
The Father
The man whose story is here to be told was the wealthiest and most influential person in his parish; his name was Thord Overaas. He…
The Wolves of Cernogatz by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
The Wolves of Cernogatz by H.H. Munro (SAKI) “Are they any old legends attached to the castle?” asked Conrad of his sister. Conrad was a…
The Tengu’s Lesson
The Tengu’s Lesson (A Japanese Legend) Once upon a time, a young man lived in a mountainous Japanese village. Many tengus — the minor deities…
A Jury Of Her Peers
When Martha Hale opened the storm-door and got a cut of the north wind, she ran back for her big woolen scarf. As she hurriedly…
The Banana Tree Game
The Banana Tree Game (A Story From Brazil) Once upon a time, an old woman lived in the middle of a marvelous garden. She loved…
Marco’s Friendship
Marco’s Friendship (A Tale From Italy) Once upon a time, a poor boy named Marco came upon a rocky cavern in the hills beyond his…
Across The Moors
It really was most unfortunate. Peggy had a temperature of nearly a hundred, and a pain in her side, and Mrs. Workington Bancroft knew that…
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