CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEThe June roses over the porch were awake bright and early on that morning, rejoicing with all their hearts in the cloudless sunshine, like friendly little neighbors, as they were. Quite flushed with excitement were their ruddy faces, as they swung in the wind, whispering to one another what they had seen, for some peeped in at the dining room windows where the feast was spread, some climbed up to nod and smile at the sisters as they dressed the bride, others waved a welcome to those who came and went on various errands in garden, porch, and hall, and all, from the rosiest f
An Old Town By The Seaby Thomas Bailey AldrichPISCATAQUA RIVERThou singest by the gleaming isles,By woods, and fields of corn,Thou singest, and the sunlight smilesUpon my birthday morn.But I within a city, I,So full of vague unrest,Would almost give my life to lieAn hour upon upon thy breast.To let the wherry listless go,And, wrapt in dreamy joy,Dip, and surge idly to and fro,Like the red harbor-buoy;To sit in happy indolence,To rest upon the oars,And catch the heavy earthy scentsThat blow from summer shores;To see the rounded sun go down,...
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENA CHEERFUL TEMPERby Hans Christian AndersenFROM my father I received the best inheritance, namely a "goodtemper." "And who was my father?" That has nothing to do with the goodtemper; but I will say he was lively, good-looking round, and fat;he was both in appearance and character a complete contradiction tohis profession. "And pray what was his profession and his standingin respectable society?" Well, perhaps, if in the beginning of a...
WHAT IS MAN?Ia. Man the Machine. b. Personal Merit[The Old Man and the Young Man had been conversing. The OldMan had asserted that the human being is merely a machine, andnothing more. The Young Man objected, and asked him to go intoparticulars and furnish his reasons for his position.]Old Man. What are the materials of which a steam-engine is made?Young Man. Iron, steel, brass, white-metal, and so on.O.M. Where are these found?Y.M. In the rocks.O.M. In a pure state?Y.M. Noin ores....
The Path of the Kingby John BuchanTOMY WIFEI DEDICATE THESE CHAPTERSFIRST READ BY A COTSWOLD FIRECONTENTSPROLOGUE1. HIGHTOWN UNDER SUNFELL2. THE ENGLISHMAN3. THE WIFE OF FLANDERS4. EYES OF YOUTH5. THE MAID6. THE WOOD OF LIFE7. EAUCOURT BY THE WATERS8. THE HIDDEN CITY9. THE REGICIDE10. THE MARPLOT11. THE LIT CHAMBER12. IN THE DARK LAND13. THE LAST STAGE14. THE END OF THE ROADEPILOGUEPROLOGUEThe three of us in that winter camp in the Selkirks were talking the slow aimless talk of wearied men....
THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS[22][22] From the Russian. Kletke.Long time ago there lived a King who had three sons; the eldestwas called Szabo, the second Warza, and the youngest Iwanich.One beautiful spring morning the King was walking through hisgardens with these three sons, gazing with admiration at thevarious fruit-trees, some of which were a mass of blossom, whilstothers were bowed to the ground laden with rich fruit. Duringtheir wanderings they came unperceived on a piece of waste landwhere three splendid trees grew. The King looked on them for a...
The Vicar of Wakefieldby Oliver GoldsmithA TALESupposed to be written by HimselfSperate miseri, cavete faelicesADVERTISEMENTThere are an hundred faults in this Thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this piece unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth; he is a priest, an husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple in affluence, and majestic in adversity. In this age of
The Iceberg ExpressThe Iceberg Expressby David Cory1- Page 2-The Iceberg ExpressThe Magic CombOne bright morning in August little Mary Louise put on her hat andwent trudging across the meadow to the beach.It was the first time she had been trusted out alone since the family hadmoved to the seashore for the summer; for Mary Louise was a little girl,nothing about her was large, except her round gray eyes....
THE GRATEFUL BEASTS[11][11] From the Hungarian. Kletke.There was once upon a time a man and woman who had threefine-looking sons, but they were so poor that they had hardlyenough food for themselves, let alone their children. So thesons determined to set out into the world and to try their luck.Before starting their mother gave them each a loaf of bread andher blessing, and having taken a tender farewell of her and theirfather the three set forth on their travels.The youngest of the three brothers, whose name was Ferko, was abeautiful youth, with a splendid figure, blue eyes, fair hair,...
BROWN OF CALAVERASA subdued tone of conversation, and the absence of cigar smoke andboot heels at the windows of the Wingdam stagecoach, made itevident that one of the inside passengers was a woman. Adisposition on the part of loungers at the stations to congregatebefore the window, and some concern in regard to the appearance ofcoats, hats, and collars, further indicated that she was lovely.All of which Mr. Jack Hamlin, on the box seat, noted with the smileof cynical philosophy. Not that he depreciated the sex, but thathe recognized therein a deceitful element, the pursuit of which...
Christian Scienceby Mark TwainCHRISTIAN SCIENCEPREFACEBOOK I of this volume occupies a quarter or a third of the volume,and consists of matter written about four years ago, but not hithertopublished in book form. It contained errors of judgment and of fact.I have now corrected these to the best of my ability and later knowledge.Book II was written at the beginning of 1903, and has not until nowappeared in any form. In it my purpose has been to present a character-portrait of Mrs. Eddy, drawn from her own acts and words solely, not fromhearsay and rumor; and to explain the nature and scope o
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE FLYING TRUNKby Hans Christian AndersenTHERE was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have pavedthe whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough fora small alley. But he did not do so; he knew the value of money betterthan to use it in this way. So clever was he, that every shilling heput out brought him a crown; and so he continued till he died. His soninherited his wealth, and he lived a merry life with it; he went to...
"THE SPIRIT OF 1776"_To Thomas Lomax__Monticello, Mar. 12, 1799_DEAR SIR, Your welcome favor of last month came to my handsin Philadelphia. So long a time has elapsed since we have beenseparated by events, that it was like a letter from the dead, andrecalled to my memory very dear recollections. My subsequent journeythrough life has offered nothing which, in comparison with those, isnot cheerless & dreary. It is a rich comfort sometimes to look backon them.I take the liberty of enclosing a letter to mr. Baylor, open,...
CAIUS MARIUS155?-86 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenWE are altogether ignorant of any third name of Caius Marius; asalso of Quintus Sertorius, that possessed himself of Spain or ofLucius Mummius that destroyed Corinth, though this last was surnamedAchaicus from his conquests, as Scipio was called Africanus, andMetellus, Macedonicus. Hence Posidonius draws his chief argument toconfute those that hold the third to be the Roman proper name, as...
ACRES OF DIAMONDSBY RUSSELL H. CONWELLFOUNDER OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIAHIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTSBY ROBERT SHACKLETONWith an Autobiographical NoteACRES OF DIAMONDSCONTENTSACRES OF DIAMONDSHIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTSI. THE STORY OF THE SWORDII. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTONIII. STORY OF THE FIFTY-SEVEN CENTSIV. HIS POWER AS ORATOR AND PREACHERV. GIFT FOR INSPIRING OTHERSVI. MILLIONS OF HEARERSVII. HOW A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDEDVIII. HIS SPLENDID EFFICIENCYIX. THE STORY OF ``ACRES OF DIAMONDS'FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM...
THE SUN-DOG TRAILSITKA CHARLEY smoked his pipe and gazed thoughtfully at the POLICEGAZETTE illustration on the wall. For half an hour he had beensteadily regarding it, and for half an hour I had been slylywatching him. Something was going on in that mind of his, and,whatever it was, I knew it was well worth knowing. He had livedlife, and seen things, and performed that prodigy of prodigies,namely, the turning of his back upon his own people, and, in so faras it was possible for an Indian, becoming a white man even in hismental processes. As he phrased it himself, he had come into the...