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Dr. Ashton, a wealthy man and childless, sat in his study, looking expectant. He had adopted the orphan son of his wife's sister. A fox stole Mrs. Ashton's most prized black cockerel, and the next...

Tommaso Tonelli was rich but his heart was still young, but he was a fickle lover. Tonelli's life on holidays was varied. She dined with the notary, and her parrot had almost as much freedom as...

A young man saves a rich boy’s life, but his gratitude turns to curse. He loses his job, his love, and his friend.

My going to Valencia was entirely an accident, and I revisited Valencia on some mysterious and secret mission. A young man, hungrily listening to my words, demanded to know why the ship rolled and...

Everett was a healthy, clean-minded enthusiast who soon discovered that passengers not in the service of that king held aloof from the Belgians. Dr. Stewart rode his bicycle into a native village,...

Over coffee in the Turkish room, Minver censored our several foibles and liked to have Rulledge approach Wanhope from this side. Rulledge suggested that there are two kinds of presentiments, the...

The mayor of one of those dreary New England mill towns in northern Massachusetts sensed the evils of great and often unnecessary social inequalities and the need of reorganizing influences. The...

My mother died when I was an infant, and shortly before my birth my uncle was visited by a gentleman of loose who stated that he had won £4,000. My father received a letter from a person signing...

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...

Whiston lay still and looked at his wife, who scrambled her hair before the mirror. He sobered down to navy blue, but she tripped beside him. Elsie blushed and laughed, went to the arms of Sam...

The guy that alluded to marriages germinating in heaven certainly got off on the wrong foot. I was prospectin' a claim on Caribou Creek, and Justus Morrow was watching a dance at the Gold Belt when...

A tough gang member wanted for murder meets a lady in a bar.