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Mr. Rabbit's Wedding. Hollow Tree StoriesPaine Albert Bigelow Mr. Rabbit's Wedding Hollow Tree Stories LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND BUNTY BUN JACK RABBIT TELLS ABOUT HIS SCHOOL-DAYS, AND WHY HE HAS ALWAYS THOUGHT IT BEST TO LIVE ALONETHE Little Lady has been poring over a first reader, because she has ...

The Maid-At-ArmsRobert W. Chambers The Maid-At-Arms: A Novel I THE ROAD TO VARICKS' We drew bridle at the cross-roads; he stretched his legs in his stirrups, raised his arms, yawned, and dropped his huge hands upon either thigh with a resounding slap."Well, good-bye," he said, gravely, but made n...

Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle KingsAndy Adams Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings CHAPTER I WAIFS OF THE PLAIN The first herd of trail cattle to leave Dodge City, Kansas, for the Northwest, during the summer of 1885, was owned by the veteran drover, Don Lovell. Accidents will happen, and wh...

Warszawa, rok 1861. Po upadku powstania listopadowego społeczeństwo polskie organizuje się przeciwko carskiemu zniewoleniu, powstają tajne organizacje patriotyczne, w których działa głównie młodzież akademicka. Ale i carski aparat represji nie przestaje działać, rozbudowuje swoją siatkę szpiegows...

The Green RustEdgar Wallace The Green Rust CHAPTER I THE PASSING OF JOHN MILLINBORN "I don't know whether there's a law that stops my doing this, Jim; but if there is, you've got to get round it. You're a lawyer and you know the game. You're my pal and the best pal I've had, Jim, and you'll do it...

The Book of All-PowerEdgar Wallace The Book of All-Power CHAPTER I INTRODUCING MALCOLM HAY If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him.The chairman of the Ukraine Oil Company looked with a little amusement at the yo...

The Gray MadamAnna Katharine Green The Gray Madam / 1899 WAS it a specter?For days I could not answer this question. I am no believer in spiritual manifestations, yet—But let me tell my story.I was lodging with my wife on the first floor of a house in Twenty-seventh street. I had taken the apartm...

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1Various New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 / From the Beginning to March, 1915 NUMBER I. WHAT MEN OF LETTERS SAY "Common Sense About the War" By George Bernard ShawI "Let a European war break out—the war, pe...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 The New Prison, Norwich The old gaol in the city of Norwich, in the year 1823, being found no longer secu...

LightHenri Barbusse Light CHAPTER I MYSELF All the days of the week are alike, from their beginning to their end.At seven in the evening one hears the clock strike gently, and then the instant tumult of the bell. I close the desk, wipe my pen, and put it down. I take my hat and muffler, after a g...