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The Glugs of Gosh - Ogs
The enchanting poem about the Glugs who live in Gosh, a land of adventures and magic.
A Country Christmas
Three weeks ago I came up here to Vermont to visit my old aunt and decide whether I will marry a millionnaire and become Aunt Bring. Saul wanted to get out the double sleigh and span, but Sophie...
John Mortonson's Funeral
John Mortonson was dead, and his body rested in a fine mahogany coffin fitted with a plate of glass. His face was not disagreeable to look upon, and his death had been painless. At two o'clock in...
Maison Tellier
The five girls and the refined, virtuous Madame of a Normandy brothel shut up shop in order to attend a confirmation.
A Ward Of Colonel Starbottle
Colonel Starbottle leaned back in his chair and abandoned himself to one of his dreamy reminiscences, after being appointed guardian of Pansy Stannard. Colonel Starbottle met Miss Tish with a bow...
The Moon, the Maid, and the Winged Shoes
The last place I locked wheels with Mike Butters was in Idaho, and we bedded down a savage Injun in Mike's dental stable. I pedaled a sewing machine while Mike dug into that Injun's hangin' wall...
The Devil's Heir
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 Whisper in the Dark
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 Lost Opportunity
A hen belonging to Ivan Scherbakoff's daughter-in-law started laying eggs and the children frightened it. The neighbor's son and Ivan's wife began to abuse each other. Gavryl's wife went round...
Ohio As A Part Of France
The Miami Indians were Aztecs in the ages before history began, and the Frenchmen who visited them were sent by the governor of Canada to lay claim to the Ohio valley for his king. The Miamis...
On Picket Duty
The men were friends as well as comrades, and soon grew into a bond of mutual good fellowship. Thorn was a Massachusetts volunteer, Phil was a "romantic chap", and Dick smoked a minute with more...
With Intent to Steal
Shorthouse persuaded me to lend him my company after a sudden change in my attitude. One of the stablemen saw a dark substance hanging down from one of the rafters and raised his face from the gun...