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The Rider of the Mohave
by James FellomNear by stood his horse. He reached it and, with a vigilant glance about, threw back one of the flaps of his saddlebags and plunged a rummaging hand inside. It came forth with a folded piece of wrapping paper and several nails he had placed there the day before.With a reckless chuckle, he wound his bandanna around his face leaving only his eyes exp..
Christmas Holidays
by AnonymousHoward, who had been in earnest conversation with his mother, now turned to George, and said, “Did you not feel sorry for poor John when he found he could not get into the coach? I really pitied him, for he was just as eager to go as we were; and I could not help thinking what a disappointment it would be to his parents, who, no doubt, were looking..
Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol
by Myrtle Cheney MurdockENSHRINED in the domed Rotunda of the United States Capitol, as in the Roman Pantheon from which it is descended, are the noblest hopes of a mighty Nation. Yet less fearful of incurring the wrath of an unpropitiated power than the ancients who raised a statue in their sacred temple to “The Unknown God,” the American people have neglected and all bu..
Serbian Fairy Tales
by Elodie L. MijatovichA collection of Serbian fairy tales including THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENSPAPALLUGA; OR, THE GOLDEN SLIPPERSATAN’S JUGGLINGS AND GOD’S MIGHTGOOD DEEDS ARE NEVER LOSTTHE WICKED STEPMOTHERBIRD GIRLSIR PEPPERCORNBASH-CHALEK; OR TRUE STEELTHE BITER BITTHE TRADE THAT NO ONE KNOWSTHE THREE SUITORSTHE GOLDEN-HAIRED TWINSTHE DREAM OF THE..
The Asbestos Society of Sinners
by Lawrence Daniel FoggThe Asbestos Society of Sinners: detailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment.Out of the inky blackness suddenly loomed a great battleship which struck as much terror to our hearts as if i..
The Gates of Morning
by H. De Vere StacpooleWomen, children, youths, all the tribe to be seen busy along the beach in the blazing sun, fishing with nets, playing their games or working on the paraka patches, all were his people. His were the canoes drawn up on the sand and his the empty houses where the war canoes had once rested on their rollers. Then as he cast his eyes from the lagoon to ..
The Poor Man
by Stella BensonEdward R. Williams was not listening. He was studying a tailor’s advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post showing a group of high-colored, high-bosomed young men discussing a dog whose skin had obviously been bought from the same tailor as the young men’s clothes. Edward Williams turned to a story which showed how a good young clerk served one mi..
The Powder of Sympathy
by Christopher MorleyIt is a pleasant circumstance that as one sets about collecting material for a book, scissoring night after night among scrapbooks to determine what may or may not be worth revisiting the glimpses of the press, there comes to mind with perfect naturalness who should carry the onus of the dedication. For a book is a frail and human emanation, and ha..