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Le conte futurLe conte futurPhilippe pressentit dans les lettres de son oncle le dessein d'unir Philomne au commandant de Chaclos. L'angoisse extrme qui le prit alors au coeur l'tonna d'abord. Sa cousine comptait cinq ans de plus que lui. En outre, elle avait un caractre grave,...
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An Englishwoman's Love-LettersAn Englishwoman's Love-LettersIt need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under circumstances which the writer herself...
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The Luck of the Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted PoliceThe Luck of the Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted PoliceThis truest of stories confirms beyond doubt, That truest of adages"Murder will out!" In vain may the blood-spiller "double" and fly, In vain even witchcraft and sorcery try: Although for a time...
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His Excellency the MinisterHis Excellency the MinisterThere was once a Minister of State who presented to his native land the astonishing spectacle of a Cabinet Minister dying whilst in office. This action was so astounding to the nation at large that a statue has since been erected...
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Little Classics, Volume 10 (of 18)Stories of ChildhoodThey were friends in a friendship closer than brotherhood. Nello was a little Ardennois,Patrasche was a big Fleming. They were both of the same age by length of years, yet one was still young, and the other was already old. They had...
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The Vehement FlameThe Vehement FlameTogether, so many years agoseven, I think, or eightyou and I planned this story. The first chapters had the help of your criticism ... then, I had to go on alone, urged by the memory of your interest. But all the blunders...
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A Loose End and Other StoriesA Loose End and Other Stories ne September morning, many years ago, when the Channel Islands seemed further off than they do now, and for some of them communication with the outer world hardly existed, some two hours after the sun had risen out...
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A Good SamaritanA Good Samaritan"The devil!" Reed commented, and the boy blinked indifferently. He was used to stronger. "The casual Rex all over! Yes, boy, there's an answer." He scribbled rapidly, and the two lines of writing said this: He fumbled in his pocket and gave...
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The Lifted BandageThe Lifted Bandage The man let himself into his front door and, staggering lightly, like a drunken man, as he closed it, walked to the hall table, and mechanically laid down his hat, but still wearing his overcoat turned and went into his library,...
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His MasterpieceHis Masterpiece HIS MASTERPIECE, which in the original French bears the title of Luvre, is a strikingly accurate story of artistic life in Paris during the latter years of the Second Empire. Amusing at times, extremely pathetic and even painful at others, it not...
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Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. LathropSusan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop The first four chapters of "Susan Clegg and her Friend Mrs. Lathrop" appeared in "The Century Magazine" as separate stories during the past year. They have been revised and partly rewritten for book publication, and "The Minister's...
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Allegories of LifeAllegories of Life"I'll make the air full of music to-morrow," said the white-haired man, as he lay down to his slumbers. "To-morrow is Christmas, and the people shall be glad and gay. Ah, yes! right merry will be the chimes I shall ring them."...
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The Strength of Gideon and Other StoriesThe Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Strength of Gideon; Mammy Peggy's Pride; Viney's Free Papers; The Fruitful Sleeping of The Rev. Elisha Edwards; The Ingrate; The Case of 'Ca'line'; The Finish of Patsy Barnes; One Man's Fortunes; Jim's Probation; Uncle Simon's Sundays Out;...
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The Flower of the ChapdelainesThe Flower of the Chapdelaines He had left his very new law office, just around in Bienville Street, and had come but a few steps down Royal, when, at the next corner below, she turned into Royal, toward him, out of Conti, coming from...
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The Day of Days: An ExtravaganzaThe Day of Days: An Extravaganza For ten interminable years the aspiration to do justice to the Genius of the Place had smouldered in his humble bosom; to-day for the first time he had attempted to formulate a meet apostrophe to that God of...
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The Unseen Bridegroom Or, Wedded For a WeekThe Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week CHAPTER I.--THE WALRAVEN BALL. CHAPTER II.--"CRICKET." CHAPTER III.--MR. WALRAVEN'S WEDDING. CHAPTER IV.--MOLLIE'S CONQUEST. CHAPTER V.--MOLLIE'S MISCHIEF. CHAPTER VI.--MOLLIE'S BRIDAL. CHAPTER VII.--WHERE THE BRIDE WAS. CHAPTER VIII.--THE MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE. CHAPTER IX.--ONE WEEK AFTER. CHAPTER X.--THE PARSON'S LITTLE...
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The Man Without a Country, and Other TalesThe Man Without a Country, and Other TalesThis story was written in the summer of 1863, as a contribution, however humble, towards the formation of a just and true national sentiment, or sentiment of love to the nation. It was at the time when...
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Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and SketchesNoughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and SketchesTwo of the following stories were first published in Longman's Magazine; the rest are selected from a number contributed to The Speaker. For permission to reprint them I must sincerely thank the two Editors. Q. It was not...
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Garman and Worse: A Norwegian NovelGarman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel Nothing is so boundless as the sea, nothing so patient. On its broad back it bears, like a good-natured elephant, the tiny mannikins which tread the earth; and in its vast cool depths it has place for all...
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The Piazza TalesThe Piazza Tales When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazzaa deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness of in-doors with the freedom of out-doors, and...
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