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A tailor befriends a rich man, but loses everything to his greedy kin and dies poor, with only a riding-whip left.

As we rolled along, I scanned my companion covertly, and saw much to interest a girl of seventeen. I answered readily, and told him about my cousin Guy. Twilight wrapped us in its shadows when I...

A Grizzled Personage in velveteen was found smoking a pipe at the door of a wooden house on wheels. Mr. Magsman was a un-common small man, and always in love. One day at Egham Races, Chops sent for...

The great hall was emptying apace as the clocks struck two. Non-commissioned officers grewled and wrote down names, and then ten minutes of the quickest feeding and firing with dummy cartridges was...

A good old canon of Notre Dame de Paris gave himself up earnestly to the confessing of ladies, made money with holy water, and had three heirs, but his heart had cracked a little. One evening the...

A drifter describes making, spending and losing a few bucks.

When the pope left Avignon to take up residence in Rome, three pilgrims came to Avignon to celebrate his return. Three pilgrims loosened their tongues and agreed to journey to Rome together. They...

The first I knew of the peculiar Alderling situation was shortly after William James's "Will to Believe" came out. Alderling's mother didn't answer very promptly, and she leaned back against the...

The junior partner of the firm of Sparlow & Kane was gazing meditatively out of the corner of their little shop in Dupont Street when Madame le Blank entered, complaining of a head injury. The...

A woman marries a meek, scientifically minded doctor but can't help comparing him to her much-admired artistic friends.

Toady was regarded as a reprobate by all but his mother Van Bahr Lamb, but he bolted out the truth. Toady was taken aback when Aunt Kipp entered the garden, let go of his shoe-strings, and fell...

The papa had told the story so often that the children knew just what to expect the moment he began. One of the little pumpkin seeds wanted to grow into the biggest pumpkin ever. The farmer was...