A capped and aproned maid, with a martyred expression, had twice sounded the dinner-bell in the stately halls ... Read more
Domestic Fiction Short Stories
Total Stories: 72
A blazing afternoon of mid-July lay warmly over the old Carolan house, and over the dusty, neglected gardens ... Read more
“For mercy’s sakes, here comes Shandon Waters!” said Jane Dinwoodie, of the post-office, leaving her pigeonholes to peer ... Read more
At the head of her own breakfast table,–a breakfast table charmingly littered with dark-blue china and shining glass, ... Read more
Duncan Coppered felt that his father’s second marriage was a great mistake. He never said so; that would ... Read more
The Railroad Journey was very long and slow. The Traveling Salesman was rather short and quick. And the ... Read more
As much as seventy years ago, in the city of Boston, there lived a small girl who had ... Read more
PART I If you don’t like Christmas stories, don’t read this one! And if you don’t like dogs ... Read more
“I shall take mamma’s red sun-umbrella, it is so warm, and none of the children at school will ... Read more
Once there was a little girl, named Kitty, who never wanted to do what people asked her. She ... Read more
“I’m so tired of Christmas I wish there never would be another one!” exclaimed a discontented-looking little girl, ... Read more