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Dora Sigerson Shorter. The Father Confessor, Stories of Death and Danger
The Father Confessor, Stories of Death and Danger
Table of Contents
I. The Father Confessor
II. The Three Travellers
III. Priscilla
IV. A Dreamer
V. Transmigration
VI. The Broken Heart
VII. The Other Woman's Child
VIII. A Question of Courage
IX. The Strange Voice
X. The Twin Brothers
XI. The Fourth Generation
XII. Walter Barrington
XIII. All Souls’ Eve
XIV. The Lion-Tamer
XV. The Women's Progress Club
XVI. The Mother
XVII. The Jealousy of Beatrix
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Dora Sigerson Shorter
Published by Good Press, 2020
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"He turned from her and ran to the stables; he flung a halter on the black horse, and, leaping upon its back, galloped off in the direction of the other bridge. The black horse covered the ground as it had never done before, but as they sped by the side of the river the man heard a faint voice shouting from the water. He looked and saw a drowning man hanging to a beam of wood, his white, wet face glowing in the gathering gloom. The pallid lips opened again.
