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Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.
The Man with the Watches
An apparently impossible scenario involving the diappearance of three people from and the appearance of a totally unknown - dead - fourth on
The Dear Night of Love
An advocate named Avenelles lent his house intended to carry off the king, and placed his wife under the guardianship and pursuing eye of an old servant. He picked out a good gentleman, lover of...
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard or “A Dead Man’s Revenge”
Joseph Burns was dead, and the people greatly regretted his death. After the funeral services, a man with black hair and side whiskers asked to see Miss Dobson. At 3.20 o'clock in the morning, Mr...
Though One Rose From The Dead
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...
Jimmy's Big Brother from California
Sawyer's Ledge was at first quite blotted out by wind and rain, but Daddy Folsom read a letter to Ricketts and laughed hysterically. Daddy Folsom returned to Lasham's cabin to relieve the watcher,...
The Private History of a Campaign that Failed
The misadventures of a group of reluctant soldiers during the American civil war - in many ways, this story anticipates Catch 22.
Mr. Pottle And The South-Sea Cannibals
Mr. Pottle was a barber and tasted popoi and found it rather nasty. He addressed Tiki Tiu with brisk and confident familiarity. Mr. Pottle did not sleep well that night, and ventured on other...
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...
Home
A son returns home from war to find his mother facing eviction. He confronts her new partner and seeks refuge at his ex-wife's house.
A Mayor and His People
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...
Doctor Marigold
I am a Cheap Jack, and I am partial to a white hat. The doctor accepted a tea-tray from me, and the old couple, though retired, cried out in the old patter, fluent, "Now here is a working model of...