A Reflection
Literature

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
Literature

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
Literature

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
Literature

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…
The Clever King
Literature

The Clever King

Once upon a time, a boy named Lars lived with his sister. She worked all day long, cooking and cleaning and harvesting the fields. Lars…
A Madison Square Arabian Night
Literature

A Madison Square Arabian Night

To Carson Chalmers, in his apartment near the square, Phillips brought the evening mail. Beside the routine correspondence there were two items bearing the same…
A Little Talk About Mobs
Literature

A Little Talk About Mobs

“I see,” remarked the tall gentleman in the frock coat and black slouch hat, “that another street car motorman in your city has narrowly excaped…
A Little Local Color
Literature

A Little Local Color

I mentioned to Rivington that I was in search of characteristic New York scenes and incidents something typical, I told him, without necessarily having to…
A Lickpenny Lover
Literature

A Lickpenny Lover

There, were 3,000 girls in the Biggest Store. Masie was one of them. She was eighteen and a saleslady in the gents’ gloves. Here she…
Four Men In A Cave
Literature

Four Men In A Cave

The moon rested for a moment on the top of a tall pine on a hill. The little man was standing in front of the…
A Tent In Agony
Literature

A Tent In Agony

A Sullivan County Tale Four men once came to a wet place in the roadless forest to fish. They pitched their tent fair upon the…
The Frog And His Wives
Literature

The Frog And His Wives

Once there lived a Frog who had two wives. His first wife lived in Dumbi and the second wife lived in Dala. He himself lived…
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