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by W. W. Jacobs Mr. George Burton, naval pensioner, sat at the door of his lodgings gazing in placid content at the sea. It was

by T.S. Arthur “Fifty-five cents a yard, I believe you said?” The customer was opening her purse. Now fifty cents a yard was the price

by Mark Twain My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told

by O. Henry The trouble began in Laredo. It was the Llano Kid’s fault, for he should have confined his habit of manslaughter to Mexicans.

by H.G. Wells The man with the white face entered the carriage at Rugby. He moved slowly in spite of the urgency of his porter,

by Robert Barr In the bad days of Balmeceda, when Chili was rent in twain, and its capital was practically a besieged city, two actors

by Bram Stoker The first opinion given to me regarding Jacob Settle was a simple descriptive statement, ‘He’s a down-in-the-mouth chap’: but I found that

by Henry van Dyke It was the hour of rest in the Country Beyond the Stars. All the silver bells that swing with the turning

A Dresden Lady in Dixie by Kate Chopin MADAME Valtour had been in the sitting- room some time before she noticed the absence of the

by Bret Harte They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature. From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects

by H.H. Munro (SAKI) His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of

by Bret Harte Being A Modern-Antique Realistic Romance (Compiled from several eminent sources) It seemeth but fair that I, John Longbowe, should set down this

by Guy de Maupassant The war was over. The Germans occupied France. The whole country was pulsating like a conquered wrestler beneath the knee of

by Robert Barr Dupre sat at one of the round tables in the Cafe Vernon, with a glass of absinthe before him, which he sipped

by Mark Twain Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This retaliation should only be resorted to

by Mark Twain I take the following paragraph from an article in the Boston ADVERTISER: AN ENGLISH CRITIC ON MARK TWAIN Perhaps the most successful

by Mark Twain Thomas Landseer etching, Three Cats Thomas Landseer etching, Three Cats Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and

by H.G. Wells The man with the scarred face leant over the table and looked at my bundle. ‘Orchids?’ he asked. ‘A few,’ I said.

by Guy de Maupassant I was to see my old friend, Simon Radevin, of whom I had lost sight for fifteen years. At one time

by Fyodor Dostoevsky From White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Trans. Constance Garnett. New York: Macmillan Company, 1918. UNDER the same roof in

A Family Affair by Kate Chopin The moment that the wagon rattled out of the yard away to the station, Madame Solisainte settled herself into

by Mark Twain [Written about 1867.] At General G—-‘s reception the other night, the most fashionably dressed lady was Mrs. G. C. She wore a

by Henry van Dyke “What surprises me in her behaviour,” said he, “is its thoroughness. Woman seldom does things by halves, but often by doubles.”

by Guy de Maupassant All Veziers-le-Rethel had followed the funeral procession of M. Badon- Leremince to the grave, and the last words of the funeral