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The Valley of Content

The Valley of Content

Blanche Upright | Fiction
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Over the immaculate, freshly ironed white cotton cloth on the little table set near the window in the kitchen-dining room of the Bentons’ tiny bungalow, a paper-shaded lamp glowed rosily. From its tempered rays, the plated knives and forks and spoons, polished to a shine that forgave the nickel...

A Courier of Fortune

A Courier of Fortune

Arthur W. Marchmont | Fiction
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THE hot noontide sun was pouring down into the market place of Morvaix and in the shadow cast by the great Cross of St. Jean in the centre, a handsome but very soberly dressed cavalier was sheltering from the fierce July heat and closely observing the townspeople as they clustered here and there...

The Overman

The Overman

Upton Sinclair | Fiction
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This is the story of Edward ——, as he told it to me only a few days before he died; he told it as he lay half paralysed, and knowing that the hand of death was upon him.

A Girton Girl

A Girton Girl

Annie Edwards | Fiction
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‘The foundations of Newnham and of Girton may be deep,’ observed Gaston Arbuthnot, in his pleasant, level, semi-American voice. ‘The foundations of the Gogmagog Hills are deeper! Girl wranglers may come, girl optimists may go. The heart of woman remains unchanged. And the heart of...

The North Shore Mystery

The North Shore Mystery

Henry Fletcher | Fiction
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“The usual quiet of North Shore was this morning rudely dispelled by the alarming rumour p. 2that a crime of an unusual kind had been committed in the house of Mrs. Delfosse, Lavender Bay.

A New Aristocracy

A New Aristocracy

BIRCH ARNOLD | Fiction
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Mr. Murchison had been the rector of the small parish of Barnley, distant perhaps a hundred miles from the city of C——, the great commercial center of the West, and having attended faithfully to his duties for a series of years, had been stricken at last with the dread pangs of consumption...

The Demon Trapper of Umbagog: A Thrilling Tale of the Maine Forests

The Demon Trapper of Umbagog: A Thrilling Tale of the Maine Forests

Thompson | Fiction
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“God made the country and man made the town.”

You Ask Anybody

You Ask Anybody

B. M. Bower | Fiction
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Tumultuous “Casey” Ryan had driven horses since he could stand on his toes, and as one of Nevada’s last stage-drivers speed was his middle name. Wherefore the ubiquitous Ford finally claimed him for its own—and so did The Widow at Lucky Lode Mine. A combination prolific of complications...

The First of the English: A Novel

The First of the English: A Novel

Archibald Clavering Gunter | Fiction
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Taking the course of the vessel he glances at the two men lashed by the tiller to prevent their being washed overboard by the waves that have been chasing the ship ever since she left the white cliffs of England, and remarks: “Better cast yourselves loose lads, we are in [6]quieter water now...

Rivals for the Team: A Story of School Life and Football

Rivals for the Team: A Story of School Life and Football

Ralph Henry Barbour | Fiction
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“I’d hate to live up here in summer, Bert,” said Ted Trafford, carefully easing his five feet and ten inches of tired, aching body to the window-seat and turning a perspiring face to the faint breeze that entered. “It must be hotter than Tophet.”