Friends in Need
by W. W. Jacobs R. Joseph Gibbs finished his half-pint in the private bar of the Red Lion with the slowness of a man unable
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by W. W. Jacobs R. Joseph Gibbs finished his half-pint in the private bar of the Red Lion with the slowness of a man unable
by Guy de Maupassant “He is captain in the Sixth Dragoons.” “And Pinson?” “He’s a subprefect.” “And Racollet?” “Dead.” We were searching for other names
by Arthur Quiller-Couch From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. I. A HAPPY VOYAGE. The cottage that I have inhabited these six years looks
by O. Henry The west-bound train stopped at San Rosario on time at 8.20 A.M. A man with a thick black-leather wallet under his arm
From A to Z by Susan Glaspell Thus had another ideal tumbled to the rubbish heap! She seemed to be breathing the dust which the
by H. P. Lovecraft Horrible beyond conception was the change which had taken place in my best friend, Crawford Tillinghast. I had not seen him
by O. Henry The cabby has his point of view. It is more single-minded, perhaps, than that of a follower of any other calling. From
by O. Henry Vuyning left his club, cursing it softly, without any particular anger. From ten in the morning un- til eleven it had bored
From The Diary Of A Violent-tempered Man by Anton Chekhov I AM a serious person and my mind is of a philosophic bent. My vocation
by Elia W. Peattie WHEN Urda Bjarnason tells a tale all the men stop their talking to listen, for they know her to be wise
by Mark Twain Correspondence of the ‘London Times’ Chicago, April 1, 1904 I resume by cable-telephone where I left off yesterday. For many hours now,
by Arthur Quiller-Couch A Narrative of the sufferings of Mr. Obed Lanyon, of Vellingey-Saint Agnes, Cornwall; Margit Lanyon, his wife; and seventeen persons (mostly Americans)
Frost by Anton Chekhov A “POPULAR” fte with a philanthropic object had been arranged on the Feast of Epiphany in the provincial town of N—-.
by Charles Dickens We have made the most unparalleled and extraordinary exertions to place before our readers a complete and accurate account of the proceedings
by Charles Dickens In October last, we did ourselves the immortal credit of recording, at an enormous expense, and by dint of exertions unnpralleled in
by H.H. Munro (SAKI) “I am worried,” admitted Suzanne; “not worried exactly, but anxious. You see, my birthday happens next week – “ “You lucky
by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Vocabulary Note: a “bittern” is a bird in the heron family; e.g. it’s a stuffed bird that Van Cheele keeps in
by Rudyard Kipling 0ne night, a very long time ago, I drove to an Indian military cantonment called Mian Mir to see amateur theatricals. At
by Richard Harding Davis A Newspaper Story We had had so many office-boys before Gallegher came among us that they had begun to lose the
by Joseph Conrad I A REVOLUTIONARY war raises many strange charac- ters out of the obscurity which is the common lot of humble lives in
by Kathleen Norris Through the tremulous beauty of the California woods, in the silent April afternoon, came Sammy Peneyre, riding Clown. The horse chose his
by Mark Twain A Biographical Sketch The stirring part of this celebrated colored man’s life properly began with his death–that is to say, the notable
by Rudyard Kipling Great is the justice of the White Man–greater the power of a lie. –_Native Proverb_. This is your English Justice, Protector of
by Robert Barr The room was large, but with a low ceiling, and at one end of the lengthy, broad apartment stood a gigantic fireplace,