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The Day's WorkThe Day's Work The least that Findlayson, of the Public Works Department, expected was a C. I. E.; he dreamed of a C. S. I.: indeed, his friends told him that he deserved more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment,...
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Robert FalconerRobert Falconer PART I. HIS BOYHOOD. CHAPTER I. A RECOLLECTION. CHAPTER II. A VISITOR. CHAPTER III. THE BOAR'S HEAD. CHAPTER IV. SHARGAR. CHAPTER V. THE SYMPOSIUM. CHAPTER VI. MRS. FALCONER. CHAPTER VII. ROBERT TO THE RESCUE! CHAPTER VIII. THE ANGEL UNAWARES. CHAPTER IX. A...
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The Three PartnersThe Three Partners The sun was going down on the Black Spur Range. The red light it had kindled there was still eating its way along the serried crest, showing through gaps in the ranks of pines, etching out the interstices of broken boughs,...
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The Forsyte Saga, Volume IThe Forsyte Saga, Volume I. - The Man Of Property The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called The Man of Property; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged...
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Under the RedwoodsUnder the Redwoods As night crept up from the valley that stormy afternoon, Sawyer's Ledge was at first quite blotted out by wind and rain, but presently reappeared in little nebulous star-like points along the mountain side, as the straggling cabins of the settlement...
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Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment A few words about Dostoevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work. Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor. His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children...
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Thankful's InheritanceThankful's Inheritance The road from Wellmouth Centre to East Wellmouth is not a good one; even in dry weather and daylight it is not that. For the first two miles it winds and twists its sandy way over bare hills, with cranberry swamps and...
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Droll Stories — Volume 3Droll Stories — Volume 3Certain persons have interrogated the author as to why there was such a demand for these tales that no year passes without his giving an instalment of them, and why he has lately taken to writing commas mixed up with...
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The Doom of the GriffithsThe Doom of the Griffiths I have always been much interested by the traditions which are scattered up and down North Wales relating to Owen Glendower (Owain Glendwr is the national spelling of the name), and I fully enter into the feeling which makes...
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Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Or, Bar-20Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up; Or, Bar-20 CHAPTER I. Buckskin CHAPTER II. The Rashness of Shorty CHAPTER III. The Argument CHAPTER IV. The Vagrant Sioux CHAPTER V. The Law of the Range CHAPTER VI. Trials of the Convalescent CHAPTER VII. The Open Door CHAPTER VIII....
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The Poor ClareThe Poor Clare December 12th, 1747.My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or indeed, before I even knew of their existence. I suppose, most old men...
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Half a Life-Time AgoHalf a Life-Time Ago Half a life-time ago, there lived in one of the Westmoreland dales a single woman, of the name of Susan Dixon. She was owner of the small farm-house where she resided, and of some thirty or forty acres of land...
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Poems and Tales from RomaniaPoems and Tales from RomaniaPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million...
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Round the SofaRound the Sofa Long ago I was placed by my parents under the medical treatment of a certain Mr. Dawson, a surgeon in Edinburgh, who had obtained a reputation for the cure of a particular class of diseases. I was sent with my governess...
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Eugene PickeringEugene PickeringIt was at Homburg, several years ago, before the gaming had been suppressed. The evening was very warm, and all the world was gathered on the terrace of the Kursaal and the esplanade below it to listen to the excellent orchestra; or half...
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The Half-BrothersThe Half-Brothers My mother was twice married. She never spoke of her first husband, and it is only from other people that I have learnt what little I know about him. I believe she was scarcely seventeen when she was married to him: and...
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The Sorrows of Young WertherThe Sorrows of Young Werther I have carefully collected whatever I have been able to learn of the story of poor Werther, and here present it to you, knowing that you will thank me for it. To his spirit and character you cannot refuse...
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My Lady LudlowMy Lady Ludlow I am an old woman now, and things are very different to what they were in my youth. Then we, who travelled, travelled in coaches, carrying six inside, and making a two days journey out of what people now go over...
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John Ingerfield, and Other StoriesJohn Ingerfield, and Other StoriesOnce upon a time, I wrote a little story of a woman who was crushed to death by a python. A day or two after its publication, a friend stopped me in the street. Charming little story of yours, he...
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The ManThe ManThe voice of the speaker sounded clearly through the hawthorn tree. The young man and the young girl who sat together on the low tombstone looked at each other. They had heard the voices of the two children talking, but had not noticed...
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