The Last Gift
Robinson Carnes pilgrimmed along the country road between Sanderson and Elmville. He wore a shabby clerical suit, and he carried a rusty black bag which…
Arts
An Easter Greeting To Every Child Who Loves Alice
Dear Child, Please to fancy, if you can, that you are reading a real letter, from a real friend whom you have seen, and whose…
Both Cheeks
“I think you ought to present that demand note of Uncle Abel’s for collection,” said James Lord. His old uncle Zenas sighed heavily. “I think…
A Dead Woman’s Secret
A Dead Woman’s Secret by Guy de Maupassant The woman had died without pain, quietly, as a woman should whose life had been blameless. Now…
The Profile
The subject of discussion at the Impressionists’ Club was a picture, Circe’s Swine, by a young German painter; a grotesque study showing the enchantress among…
A Chameleon
A Chameleon by Anton Chekhov The police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his…
Renard Says a Prayer
Renard Says a Prayer (A French Tale) You’ve probably heard the tales of Renard, the sly fox who loved food and who also loved to…
Billy And Susy
For years the sisters, Miss Melissa Abbot and Mrs. Sarah Drew, had lived in peace and concord, not in the same house, but in adjoining…
The Lesson of the Cats
The Lesson of the Cats (A Tale From Italy) Once upon a time in Venice, there lived two neighbors. Both men were merchants with fine…
The Namesake
Seven of us, students, sat one evening in Hartwell’s studio on the Boulevard St. Michel. We were all fellow-countrymen; one from New Hampshire, one from…
The Story of Night
The Story of Night (A Legend of the Mundurucu Indians) Long ago the Great Serpent lived beneath the sea. His only daughter married a young…
A New England Nun
It was late in the afternoon, and the light was waning. There was a difference in the look of the tree shadows out in the…
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