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Golden StoriesGolden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers I THE NIGHT EXPRESS The Story of a Bank RobberyBy FRED M. WHITEA pelting rain volleyed against the great glass dome of the terminus, a roaring wind boomed in the roof. Passengers, hurrying along the platform, g...

Picturesque Pala / The Story of the Mission Chapel of San Antonio de Padua Connected with Mission San Luis ReyGeorge Wharton James Picturesque Pala / The Story of the Mission Chapel of San Antonio de Padua Connected with Mission San Luis Rey Rev. G. D. DoyleFOREWORD There were twenty-one Missions...

The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3Various The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 JOHN ALBION ANDREW THE "WAR-GOVERNOR" OF MASSACHUSETTSJohn Albion Andrew, the twenty-first Governor of Massachusetts, was born, May 31, 1818, at Windham, a small town near Portland, Maine. His father was Jonathan...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 Interior of the Colosseum References to the Engraving. A. Column or Tower in the centre of the building, ...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 ROSAMOND'S WELL AND LABYRINTH Rosamond's Well and Labyrinth at Woodstock.For the originals of the annexed eng...

David BlaizeE.F. Benson David Blaize CHAPTER I There was a new class-room in course of construction for the first form at Helmsworth Preparatory School, and the ten senior boys, whose united ages amounted to some hundred and thirty years, were taken for the time being in the school museum. This w...

Girl Scouts in the RockiesLillian Elizabeth Roy Girl Scouts in the Rockies CHAPTER ONE – OUTFITTING FOR THE TRIP “Girls, this is our third Summer as the Dandelion Troop of Girl Scouts, – do you realize that fact?” commented Mrs. Vernon, generally called “Verny” by the girls, or “Captain” by her f...

The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and StoriesLaura E. Richards The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and Stories / A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth School Year THE PIG BROTHER There was once a child who was untidy. He left his books on the floor, and his muddy shoes on the table; he put his fing...

Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3)Farjeon B. L. Benjamin Leopold Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3) CHAPTER I A BAD BUSINESS At ten o'clock on this morning Captain Ablewhite, unannounced, and without knocking at the door, walked into Jeremiah's room in the hotel at which he had taken ...

Under CoverMartyn Wyndham , Megrue Roi Cooper Under Cover CHAPTER ONE PARIS wears her greenest livery and puts on her most gracious airs in early summer. When the National Fete commemorative of the Bastille’s fall has gone, there are few Parisians of wealth or leisure who remain in their city. Tr...