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PatarouvaPushkin Aleksandr Sergeevich Patarouva I Patarouva merkitsee salaista pahansuontoa.Uusi ennustuskirja.Kerran lyötiin korttia hevoskaartilaisen Narumovin luona. Pitkä talviyö kului huomaamatta; kävimme illalliselle viidettä käydessä aamulla. Ne, jotka olivat voittaneet, söivät hyvällä ruo...

Christmas-TideChristmas-Tide A little boy in Miss Harrison's kindergarten heard the story of the legend of the Christ Child, told just prior to his going to Europe for a three months trip with his father and mother. While there his mother took him one day with her to see a collection of art photo...

The Forsaken InnAnna Katharine Green The Forsaken Inn: A Novel CHAPTER I. THE OAK PARLOR I WAS riding between Albany and Poughkeepsie. It was raining furiously, and my horse, already weary with long travel, gave unmistakable signs of discouragement. I was, therefore, greatly relieved when, in the...

The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern AfricaMayne Reid The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa Chapter One. The Camp of the Young Yägers Near the confluence of the two great rivers of Southern Africa – the Yellow and Orange– behold the camp...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 VILLAS IN THE REGENT'S PARK MARQUESS OF HERTFORD'S VILLA.DORIC VILLA.The definition of the word villa is a ...

Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American WarF. S. Brereton Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I THE MARCHANT FOUNDRY The city of Birmingham was wrapped in a mantle of fog so dense that the inhabitants found it difficult to move about. ...

Ladies and GentlemenLadies and Gentlemen A Lady and A Gentleman There were the hotel lobbies; they roared and spun like whirlpools with the crowds that were in them. But the streets outside were more like mill-races, and the exits from the railroad stations became flumes down which all morning an...

Joan of ArcLaura Elizabeth Howe Richards Joan of Arc CHAPTER I FRANCE IMPERISHABLE THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARC She came not into the Presence as a martyred saint might come,Crowned, white-robed and adoring, with very reverence dumb —She stood as a straight young soldier, confident, gallant, strong,W...

On Secret ServiceTaft William Nelson On Secret Service / Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved by Government Agents I A FLASH IN THE NIGHT We were sitting in the lobby of the Willard, Bill Quinn and I, watching the constant stream of politicians, pretty women, and petty office seek...

The School QueensMeade L. T. The School Queens BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879. She wrote ...