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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...

This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The captain suspiciously accepted a cigar and offered to pay for the search and to write the story with his name left out. The train came to a...

A foolish boy takes a chance on impressing a Princess and wins her love.

The two girls took the farm together, but were left alone. March gave them their hot food at night, but from. One evening, March was walking slowly after Banford when she became aware that Banford...

Andrew learns the value of spending time with loved ones after his grandfather's death.

We first met Glendenning on the Canadian boat, but Mrs. March clutched my arm and bade me not speak a word. The older of these ladies was a tall, handsome matron, and she accepted my chair in the...

Mrs. Grove called from the door that opened towards the garden, but no answer came. She went to the foot of the stairs and called again, but there was no reply, so she went up stairs to looks for...

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...

Life's road recedes in our rearview mirror. Backward glance, but can't reverse.

The military came together on paper under glass to shine on me!

In 1858, Fiddletown considered Mrs. Tretherick a very pretty woman with only two blemishes: her left cheek bore a small scar left by a single drop of vitriol. Mrs. Tretherick opened the door,...

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...