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The Mad KingThe Mad King All Lustadt was in an uproar. The mad king had escaped. Little knots of excited men stood upon the street corners listening to each latest rumor concerning this most absorbing occurrence. Before the palace a great crowd surged to and fro,...
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Bab: A Sub-DebBab: A Sub-Deb "A tyrant's power in rigor is exprest."DRYDEN. I have decided to relate with precision what occurred during my recent Christmas holiday. Although I was away from this school only four days, returning unexpectedly the day after Christmas, a number of Incidents...
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Miss Billy's DecisionMiss Billy's Decision MISS BILLY'S DECISION CHAPTER I. CALDERWELL DOES SOME TALKING CHAPTER II. AUNT HANNAH GETS A LETTER CHAPTER III. BILLY AND BERTRAM CHAPTER IV. FOR MARY JANE CHAPTER V. MARIE SPEAKS HER MIND CHAPTER VI. AT THE SIGN OF THE PINK CHAPTER...
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The Scarlet CarThe Scarlet Car For a long time it had been arranged they all should go to the Harvard and Yale game in Winthrop's car. It was perfectly well understood. Even Peabody, who pictured himself and Miss Forbes in the back of the car, with...
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Miss Billy — MarriedMiss Billy — Married MISS BILLYMARRIED CHAPTER I. SOME OPINIONS AND A WEDDING CHAPTER II. FOR WILLIAMA HOME CHAPTER III. BILLY SPEAKS HER MIND CHAPTER IV. "JUST LIKE BILLY CHAPTER V. TIGER SKINS CHAPTER VI. "THE PAINTING LOOK CHAPTER VII. THE BIG BAD QUARREL...
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Beyond the CityBeyond the City CHAPTER I. THE NEW-COMERS. CHAPTER II. BREAKING THE ICE. CHAPTER III. DWELLERS IN THE WILDERNESS. CHAPTER IV. A SISTER'S SECRET. CHAPTER V. A NAVAL CONQUEST. CHAPTER VI. AN OLD STORY. CHAPTER VII. VENIT TANDEM FELICITAS. CHAPTER VIII. SHADOWS BEFORE. CHAPTER IX....
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A Dream of John Ball and, A King's LessonA Dream of John Ball; and, A King's Lesson Sometimes I am rewarded for fretting myself so much about present matters by a quite unasked-for pleasant dream. I mean when I am asleep. This dream is as it were a present of an architectural...
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The Parasite: A StoryThe Parasite: A Story March 24. The spring is fairly with us now. Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks. As you walk...
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Buttered Side Down: StoriesButtered Side Down: Stories Um-m-mmaybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it never necessary that he remind her to be more careful of...
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Of Human BondageOf Human Bondage The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically...
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Fanny HerselfFanny Herself It has become the fashion among novelists to introduce their hero in knee pants, their heroine in pinafore and pigtails. Time was when we were rushed up to a stalwart young man of twenty-four, who was presented as the pivot about whom...
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The HarvesterThe Harvester THE HARVESTER CHAPTER I. BELSHAZZAR'S DECISION CHAPTER II. THE EFFECT OF A DREAM CHAPTER III. HARVESTING THE FOREST CHAPTER IV. A COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH WIND CHAPTER V. WHEN THE HARVESTER MADE GOOD CHAPTER VI. TO LABOUR AND TO WAIT CHAPTER VII....
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's SagaThe Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER I. THE FAMILY AND EARLY WARS OF ONUND THE SON OF OFEIG CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF HAFRSFJORD CHAPTER III. MEETING OF DEFEATED CHIEFS IN THE WEST AND MARRIAGE OF ONUND CHAPTER IV. FIGHT WITH...
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The Troll Garden, and Selected StoriesThe Troll Garden, and Selected Stories Near Rattlesnake Creek, on the side of a little draw stood Canute's shanty. North, east, south, stretched the level Nebraska plain of long rust-red grass that undulated constantly in the wind. To the west the ground was broken...
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DraculaDracula3 May. Bistritz.Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train...
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The Merry Men, and Other Tales and FablesThe Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables Three of the following Tales have appeared in the Cornhill Magazine; one in Longmans; one in Mr. Henry Normans Christmas Annual; and one in the Court and Society Review. The Author desires to make proper acknowledgements...
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FablesFablesAfter the 32nd chapter of Treasure Island, two of the puppets strolled out to have a pipe before business should begin again, and met in an open place not far from the story. Now, Capn Smollett, remonstrated Silver, dooty is dooty, as I knows,...
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Old Indian DaysOld Indian Days Upon a hanging precipice atop of the Eagle Scout Butte there appeared a motionless and solitary figurealmost eagle-like he perched! The people in the camp below saw him, but none looked at him long. They turned their heads quickly away with...
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Frances Waldeaux: A NovelFrances Waldeaux: A Novel In another minute the Kaiser Wilhelm would push off from her pier in Hoboken. The last bell had rung, the last uniformed officer and white-jacketed steward had scurried up the gangway. The pier was massed with people who had come...
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Episodes in Van Bibber's LifeEpisodes in Van Bibber's Life It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to...
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