The Wager Of The Wives
Once upon a time, two women met in the marketplace and began to argue about their husbands. “Now my husband is the biggest fool in…
Arts
At Chênière Caminada
I There was no clumsier looking fellow in church that Sunday morning than Antoine Bocaze-the one they called Tonie. But Tonie did not really care…
St. Peter And The Magic Cloth
One early spring evening, St. Peter, disguised as he usually was when he walked the Earth, stopped at a large, properous farmhouse. The wife was…
A Shameful Affair
Mildred Orme, seated in the snuggest corner of the big front porch of the Kraummer farmhouse, was as content as a girl need hope to…
A Sentimental Soul
I LACODIE stayed longer than was his custom in Mamzelle Fleurette’s little store that evening. He had been tempted by the vapid utterances of a…
Hoolihan And The Milk-White Calf
Long ago atop a hill near Tipperary, a farmer grazed his cattle. The land was lush and green, and the cattle grazed contentedly. One night,…
A Respectable Woman
Mrs. Baroda was a little provoked to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation.…
The Case Of Oscar Brodski
O one, looking into Silas Hickler’s cheerful round face, beaming with benevolence and wreathed in perpetual smiles, would have imagined him to be a criminal.…
A Reflection
Some people are born with vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish…
A Pair Of Silk Stockings
Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money and the…
The Divine Mischief-Maker
Of all the gods on Mount Olympus, Hermes was the most playful. Son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and of Maia, a Titan’s…
The Aluminum Dagger
The “urgent call” the instant, peremptory summons to professional duty is an experience that appertains to the medical rather than to the legal practitioner; and…
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