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Timothy Arthur

The Last Penny and Other StoriesT. S. Arthur The Last Penny and Other Stories THE LAST PENNY THOMAS CLAIRE, a son of St. Crispin, was a clever sort of a man; though not very well off in the world. He was industrious, but, as his abilities were small, his reward was proportioned thereto. His skill...

Who Are Happiest? and Other StoriesT. S. Arthur Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories INTRODUCTION In this volume, the stories are not illustrative of childish experiences. Most of the actors are men and women,—and the trials and temptations to which they are subjected, such as are experienced in m...

Ten Nights in a Bar RoomT. S. Arthur Ten Nights in a Bar Room NIGHT THE FIRST THE "SICKLE AND SHEAF." Ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in Cedarville. It was late in the afternoon when the stage set me down at the "Sickle and Sheaf," a new tavern, just opened by a new landlord, in...

After the StormT. S. Arthur After the Storm CHAPTER I THE WAR OF THE ELEMENTS NO June day ever opened with a fairer promise. Not a single cloud flecked the sky, and the sun coursed onward through the azure sea until past meridian, without throwing to the earth a single shadow. Then, low in the we...

Heart-Histories and Life-PicturesT. S. Arthur Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures INTRODUCTION So interested are we all in our every-day pursuits; so given up, body and mind, to the attainment of our own ends; so absorbed by our own hopes, joys, fears and disappointments, that we think rarely, if a...

Cast AdriftT. S. Arthur Cast Adrift TO THE READERIN this romance of real life, in which the truth is stranger than the fiction, I have lifted only in part the veil that hides the victims of intemperance and other terrible vices—after they have fallen to the lower deeps of degradation to be found ...

After a Shadow and Other StoriesT. S. Arthur After a Shadow and Other Stories I AFTER A SHADOW "ARTY! Arty!" called Mrs. Mayflower, from the window, one bright June morning. "Arty, darling! What is the child after? Just look at him, Mr. Mayflower!"I leaned from the window, in pleasant excitement,...

Home Lights and ShadowsT. S. Arthur Home Lights and Shadows PREFACE HOME! How at the word, a crowd of pleasant thoughts awaken. What sun-bright images are pictured to the imagination. Yet, there is no home without its shadows as well as sunshine. Love makes the home-lights and selfishness the sha...

Finger Posts on the Way of LifeT. S. Arthur Finger Posts on the Way of Life PREFACE OUR title, though savouring of quaintness, is yet in keeping with the object of this volume. As we press onward in the journey of life, to each of us the path is new and strange. Often it is rough and thorny; ofte...

Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a FriendT. S. Arthur Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend PREFACE ALL efforts at eradicating evil must, to be successful, begin as near the beginning as possible. It is easier to destroy a weed when but an inch above the ground than after it has attaine...