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Various. Stories and Sketches by our best authors
Stories and Sketches by our best authors
Table of Contents
The Skeleton at the Banquet
LET THOSE LAUGH WHO WIN
Let those Laugh who Win
THE PROPER USE OF GRANDFATHERS
The Proper use of Grandfathers
AT EVE
At Eve
BROKEN IDOLS
Broken Idols
DR. HUGER'S INTENTION
Dr. Huger's Intention
THE MAN WHOSE LIFE WAS SAVED
The Man whose Life was Saved
I
II
III
THE ROMANCE OF A WESTERN TRIP
The Romance of a Western Trip
THE TWO GHOSTS OF NEW LONDON. TURNPIKE
THE TWO GHOSTS. OF. New London Turnpike
DOWN BY THE SEA
Down by the Sea
WHY MRS. RADNOR FAINTED
Why Mrs. Radnor Fainted
UNDER A CLOUD
Under a Cloud
COMING FROM THE FRONT
Coming from the Front
A NIGHT IN THE SEWERS
A Night in the Sewers
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Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Edith chooses luscious things like creams," remarked her brother. "Which will you have, doctor? As for me, I prefer ices; they cool my warm blood, which is fierce like tropic air. Ah, this is delicious! I am feverish, I believe; and the scent of the orange brings back visions of our dear island home."
He paused, as if his mind were again on the vine-clad hills of the "blessed isle." Then he spoke, suddenly,—
