Smith: An Episode In A Lodging-House
“When I was a medical student,” began the doctor, half turning towards his circle of listeners in the firelight, “I came across one or two…
Literature
A Father’s Confession
A Father’s Confession by Guy de Maupassant All Veziers-le-Rethel had followed the funeral procession of M. Badon- Leremince to the grave, and the last words…
The Young Tsar
The young Tsar had just ascended the throne. For five weeks he had worked without ceasing, in the way that Tsars are accustomed to work.…
The Chameleon’s Message (A Tale From Southern Africa)
The Chameleon’s Message (A Tale From Southern Africa) Long ago there was a valley where reeds of many shades and colors grew in abundance. The…
Godfather Death (A Tale Told All Over Europe)
Godfather Death (A Tale Told All Over Europe) Once upon a time a poor woodcutter and his wife had 12 children. When the 13th child…
Skeleton Lake: An Episode In Camp
The utter loneliness of our moose-camp on Skeleton Lake had impressed us from the beginning in the Quebec backwoods, five days by trail and canoe…
The Way to the Dairy
The Way to the Dairy by H.H. Munro (SAKI) The Baroness and Clovis sat in a much-frequented corner of the Park exchanging biographical confidences about…
The Penitent Sinner
There was a man who lived in the world for seventy years, and all that time he lived a life of sin. And this man…
The Body Snatcher
Every night in the year, four of us sat in the small parlour of the George at Debenham the undertaker, and the landlord, and Fettes,…
The Gray Hare
A gray hare lived during the winter near a village. When night came, he would prick up one ear and listen, then he would prick…
Graves And Goblins
Now talk we of graves and goblins! Fit themes, start not! gentle reader, fit for a ghost-like me. Yes; though an earth-clogged fancy is laboring…
The Bear Hunt
We were out on a bear-hunting expedition. My comrade had shot at a bear but only gave him a flesh-wound. There were traces of blood…
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