She was very pretty when I first knew her, with the sweet straight nose and short upper lip ... Read more
Social Commentary Short Stories
Total Stories: 87
IT is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. ... Read more
As she lay in her berth, staring at the shadows overhead, the rush of the wheels was in ... Read more
“When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”–Eph. iv. 8. Some ... Read more
The shores of the Atlantic coast of America may well be a terror to navigators. They present an ... Read more
CHAPTER I. Miss Diana. Thanksgiving was impending in the village of Mapleton on the 20th of November, 1825. ... Read more
WHEN the apples were all gathered and the cider was all made, and the yellow pumpkins were rolled ... Read more
“O, dear! Christmas is coming in a fortnight, and I have got to think up presents for every ... Read more
Mr. and Mrs. Nutcracker were as respectable a pair of squirrels as ever wore gray brushes over their ... Read more
Under the window of a certain pretty little cottage there grew a great old apple-tree, which in the ... Read more
And so I am to write a story–but of what, and where? Shall it be radiant with the ... Read more
“If we could only live in the country,” said my wife, “how much easier it would be to ... Read more