A Haunted Island
The following events occurred on a small island of isolated position in a large Canadian lake, to whose cool waters the inhabitants of Montreal and…
Arts
The Cruise Of The Dolphin
Every Rivermouth boy looks upon the sea as being in some way mixed up with his destiny. While he is yet a baby lying in…
Mule’s Mysterious Illness
Mule’s Mysterious Illness (A Tale From Spain) Once upon a time, a mule lived on a farm in Spain. He worked hard in the fields,…
King of the Beasts
King of the Beasts (A Nigerian Tale) Once upon a time, Lion was King of the Beasts. Every day he chased the other creatures for…
Keeping His Promise
It was eleven o’clock at night, and young Marriott was locked into his room, cramming as hard as he could cram. He was a “Fourth…
Mother Frog’s Storms
Mother Frog’s Storms (An Australian Legend) Long ago in Australia, there lived an enormous green frog. The people called her Quork-Quork. She lived peacefully for…
Happy Families
The scene is a conservatory. Luxuriant tropical plants are seen looming through a greenish aquarium twilight, punctuated here and thereby the surprising pink of several…
A Defenseless Creature
A Defenseless Creature by Anton Chekhov IN spite of a violent attack of gout in the night and the nervous exhaustion left by it, Kistunov…
The Woman’s Ghost Story
“Yes,” she said, from her seat in the dark corner, “I’ll tell you an experience if you care to listen. And, what’s more, I’ll tell…
An Alpine Divorce
An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr In some natures, there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colors. John Bodman was a man who was…
The Flying Stars
“The most beautiful crime I ever committed,” Flambeau would say in his highly moral old age, “was also, by a singular coincidence, my last. It…
The Secret Garden
Aristide Valentin, Chief of the Paris Police, was late for his dinner, and some of his guests began to arrive before him. These were, however,…
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