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It was characteristic of Mr. Philip Quentin that he first lectured his servant on the superiority of mind over matter and then took him cheerfully by the throat and threw him into a far corner of the room. As the servant was not more than half the size of the master,...
I am quite sure it was my Uncle Rilas who said thatI was a fool. If memory serves me well he relieved himself of that conviction in the presence of my mother - whose brother he was - at a time whenI was least competent to acknowledge his wisdom and most arrogant in...
Well the question is: how much does she weigh? asked Eddie Ten Eyck with satirical good humour.
Mr. Grenfall Lorry boarded the east-bound express at Denver with all the air of a martyr. He had traveled pretty much all over the world, and he was not without resources, but the prospect of a twenty-five hundred mile journey alone filled him with dismay. The country...
THE FIRST WAYFARER ANDTHE SECOND WAYFARER MEET AND PART ONTHE HIGHWAY...
A young man and an old one sat in the shade of the willows beside the wide, still river. The glare of a hot August sun failed to penetrate the shelter in which they idled; out upon the slow-gliding river it beat relentlessly, creating a pale, thin vapour that clung...
Kenneth Gwynne was five years old when his father ran away with Rachel Carter, a widow. This was in the spring of 1812, and in the fall his mother died. His grandparents brought him up to hate Rachel Carter, an evil woman.
A cold, thick drizzle, blown by a biting wind that sent chills to the marrow, marred the early spring night, and kept indoors the few hardy members who had haunted the clubhouse since the season's opening a week before. Not more than a dozen loyal devotees to the sports...
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