Where The Trail Forks
“Must I, then, must I, then, now leaves this town; And you, my love, stay here?” Schwabian Folk-song. The singer, clean-faced and cheery-eyed, bent over…
Literature
To The Man On The Trail
‘Dump it in!’ ‘But I say, Kid, isn’t that going it a little too strong’ Whisky and alcohol’s bad enough; but when it comes to…
The Haunted Valley
I How Trees Are Felled in China A half-mile north from Jo. Dunfer’s, on the road from Hutton’s to Mexican Hill, the highway dips into…
Babushka’s Christmas
Babushka’s Christmas (A Russian Christmas Tale) Long ago, an old woman named Babushka lived in a tiny cottage far from the city. One snowy evening,…
Two Friends
Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant Besieged Paris was in the throes of famine. Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the…
The Fox and the Grapes (A Jewish Fable)
The Fox and the Grapes (A Jewish Fable) Once upon a time, Fox was walking along a lane when he passed a vineyard whose vines…
A Lickpenny Lover
A Lickpenny Lover by O. Henry There, were 3,000 girls in the Biggest Store. Masie was one of them. She was eighteen and a saleslady…
Buds And Bird-Voices
Balmy Spring weeks later than we expected, and months later than we longed for her comes at last to revive the moss on the roof…
In A Far Country
When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such…
The Serpent And The Forester
Once upon a time, a woodcutter named Roberto lived with his wife Sappatella deep in the forest. The only thing the old woman had ever…
The White Old Maid
The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows and showed a spacious chamber richly furnished in an antique fashion. From one lattice the shadow…
Lost Face
It was the end. Subienkow had traveled a long trail of bitterness and horror, homing like a dove for the capitals of Europe, and here,…
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