The Lost Word
by Henry van Dyke “Come down, Hermas, come down! The night is past. It is time to be stirring. Christ is born today. Peace be
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by Henry van Dyke “Come down, Hermas, come down! The night is past. It is time to be stirring. Christ is born today. Peace be
by O. Henry Willard Greddie, consul for the United States in Coralio, was working leisurely on his yearly report. Goodwin, who had strolled in as
The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov IVAN DMITRITCH, a middle-class man who lived with his family on an income of twelve hundred a year and
by O. Henry The Blue Light Drug Store is downtown, between the Bowery and First Avenue, where the distance between the two streets is the
by Guy de Maupassant The old-fashioned chateau was built on a wooded knoll in the midst of tall trees with dark-green foliage; the park extended
by Mark Twain t was well along in the forenoon of a bitter winter’s day. The town of Eastport, in the state of Maine, lay
by H.H. Munro (SAKI) The children were to be driven, as a special treat, to the sands at Jagborough. Nicholas was not to be of
by H.H. Munro (SAKI) I’ve asked Latimer Springfield to spend Sunday with us and stop the night,” announced Mrs. Durmot at the breakfast-table. “I thought
by Bret Harte There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough to
by H. P. Lovecraft I. THE SHADOW ON THE CHIMNEY There was thunder in the air on the night I went to the deserted mansion
by Jack London I TELL this for a fact. It happened in the bull-ring at Quito. I sat in the box with John Harned, and
by W. W. Jacobs Old Jem Lister, of the _Susannah,_ was possessed of two devils–the love of strong drink and avarice–and the only thing the
by L. Frank Baum There lived in Boston a wise and ancient chemist by the name of Dr. Daws, who dabbled somewhat in magic. There
by Rudyard Kipling Oh! Where would I be when my froat was dry? Oh! Where would I be when the bullets fly? Oh! Where would
by Guy de Maupassant The Seine flowed past my house, without a ripple on its surface, and gleaming in the bright morning sunlight. It was
by Ethel M. Dell The persistent chirping of a sparrow made it almost harder to bear. Lady Brooke finally rose abruptly from the table, her
by William Dean Howells I. There was a full moon, and Langbourne walked about the town, unable to come into the hotel and go to
by Frank Stockton The pretty little theatre attached to the building of the Unicorn Club had been hired for a certain January afternoon by Mr.
by H.G. Wells I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring
by Arthur Quiller-Couch Once upon a time there was born a man-child with a magic shadow. His case was so rare that a number of
by Mary Hallock Foote From the great plateau of the Snake River, at a point that is far from any main station, the stage-road sinks
by Honore de Balzac The lord of Valennes, a pleasant place, of which the castle is not far from the town of Thilouse, had taken
by Richard Harding Davis I I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it seeking adventures. I have always
by Guy de Maupassant They went there every evening about eleven o’clock, just as they would go to the club. Six or eight of them;