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The Song of the Blood-Red FlowerThe Song of the Blood-Red FlowerThe setting sun shone on the wooded slopes of the hill. He clasped the nearest trees in a burning embrace, offered his hand to those farther off, and gave to them all a sparkling smile. The summer wind told...
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Four Max Carrados Detective StoriesFour Max Carrados Detective StoriesIt was eight o'clock at night and raining, scarcely a time when a business so limited in its clientele as that of a coin dealer could hope to attract any customer, but a light was still showing in the small...
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The DaredevilThe DaredevilWas there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself, at long moments, the doublet and hose of a man, perhaps also his sword, as well as his attitude in the viewing of life? I think not. To a very...
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Charaktere und SchicksaleCharaktere und SchicksaleDu darfst nicht bse werden, wenn ich es sage, lieber Friedrich! Aber da du berhaupt auf solche Dinge Wert legst, ist mir bei deinen sonstigen Anschauungen unverstndlich. Du bemhst dich darum, Kommerzienrat zu werden, und jetzt gertst du sogar fr unsere Margarete...
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The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside TalesThe Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales[In a General Order issued from the Horse-Guards on New Year's Day, 1836, His Majesty, King William IV., was pleased to direct, through the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hill, that "with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments,...
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Gesammelte Werke in fünf Bänden — 1. BandGesammelte Werke in fünf Bänden — 1. Band [1] Die Gedichte mit B sind von Max Bamberger, die mit F sind von Ludwig Fulda, die mit Mj sind von Clre Mjen, die mit Mo sind von Christian Morgenstern und die Gedichte ohne Zeichen sind...
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A Texas MatchmakerA Texas MatchmakerWhen I first found employment with Lance Lovelace, a Texas cowman, I had not yet attained my majority, while he was over sixty. Though not a native of Texas, "Uncle Lance" was entitled to be classed among its pioneers, his parents having...
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The Price of LoveThe Price of LoveIn the evening dimness of old Mrs. Maldon's sitting-room stood the youthful virgin, Rachel Louisa Fleckring. The prominent fact about her appearance was that she wore an apron. Not one of those white, waist-tied aprons, with or without bibs, worn proudly,...
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MissingMissingThe tone was sharp and off-hand. And the maid-servant, as she went downstairs, decided for the twentieth time that afternoon, that she didn't like Miss Cookson, and she hoped her sister, Mrs. Sarratt, would be nicer. Miss Cookson had been poking her nose into...
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LightLightAt seven in the evening one hears the clock strike gently, and then the instant tumult of the bell. I close the desk, wipe my pen, and put it down. I take my hat and muffler, after a glance at the mirrora glance which...
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The Moon-VoyageThe Moon-VoyageDuring the course of the year 186 the entire world was singularly excited by a scientific experiment without precedent in the annals of science. The members of the Gun Club, a circle of artillerymen established at Baltimore after the American war, had the...
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Poor RelationsPoor Relations La Cousine Bette was perhaps the last really great thing that Balzac didfor Le Cousin Pons, which now follows it, was actually written beforeand it is beyond all question one of the very greatest of his works. It was written at the...
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Running WaterRunning WaterThe Geneva express jerked itself out of the Gare de Lyons. For a few minutes the lights of outer Paris twinkled past its windows and then with a spring it reached the open night. The jolts and lurches merged into one regular purposeful...
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The Coquette's VictimThe Coquette's Victim - Everyday Life Library No. 1Mr. Kent was a very able magistrate. He had sat on the bench for many years and was considered a man of great legal attainments and skill. He very seldom erred in his judgment, and being...
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Reed Anthony, Cowman: An AutobiographyReed Anthony, Cowman: An AutobiographyI can truthfully say that my entire life has been spent with cattle. Even during my four years' service in the Confederate army, the greater portion was spent with the commissary department, in charge of its beef supplies. I was...
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Ensign Knightley, and Other StoriesEnsign Knightley, and Other StoriesIt was eleven o'clock at night when Surgeon Wyley of His Majesty's ship Bonetta washed his hands, drew on his coat, and walked from the hospital up the narrow cobbled street of Tangier to the Main-Guard by the Catherine Port....
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The Lilac GirlThe Lilac GirlTwo men were sitting beside a camp-fire at Saddle Pass, a shallow notch in the lower end of the Sangre de Cristo Range in southern Colorado. Although it was the middle of June and summer had come to the valleys below, up...
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Las inquietudes de Shanti AndiaLas inquietudes de Shanti AndiaLas condiciones en que se desliza la vida actual hacen a la mayora de la gente opaca y sin inters. Hoy, a casi nadie le ocurre algo digno de ser contado. La generalidad de los hombres nadamos en el ocano...
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Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and LincolnHavelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and LincolnIf any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the fisher and his foster-son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one...
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The Perfect TributeThe Perfect TributeOn the morning of November 18, 1863, a special train drew out from Washington, carrying a distinguished company. The presence with them of the Marine Band from the Navy Yard spoke a public occasion to come, and among the travellers there were...
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