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Betty Wales & Co.: A Story for Girls

Betty Wales & Co.: A Story for Girls

Margaret Warde | Fiction
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Many of the girls who will read this book have already made the acquaintance of Betty Wales, and know all about her adventures at Harding College, from her rollicking freshman days to the time when she was a “grave and reverend senior”—and was always being mistaken for a freshman...

Eustace Marchmont: A Friend of the People

Eustace Marchmont: A Friend of the People

Evelyn Everett-Green | Fiction
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The moon shone frostily bright in a clear dark sky. A thin white carpet of sparkling frost coated the ground; but the wind blew from the west over the rippling sea, and was neither cruel nor fierce, so that even little children were caught up by their mothers to assist at this yearly ceremony; and...

The Flying Chance

The Flying Chance

Gordon McCreagh | Fiction
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The commandant of the Philadelphia navy-yard looked up from the sheaf of papers which bore the superscription of the Bureau of Naval Affairs, Washington, at the young man who stood at attention before his desk.

A Corner in Corn

A Corner in Corn

Self-Made Man | Fiction
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For a moment or two he paced up and down before his desk, with his hands thrust into his trousers pockets, and then resumed his work just as the door opened again and admitted a stalwart, good-looking lad, with a frank, alert countenance and a breezy manner, who entered briskly with a handful of...

Scarred Eagle

Scarred Eagle

Andrew Dearborn | Fiction
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The Indian who assisted in propelling the canoe was not so tall as his white friend, though dressed nearly like him. He was a noble-looking savage, and had learned to speak the English tongue with considerable fluency.

The Van Roon

The Van Roon

J. C. Snaith | Fiction
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North of the Strand, east of the National Gallery, a narrow street winds a devious course towards Long Acre. To the casual eye it is no more than a mean and dingy thoroughfare without charm or interest, but for the connoisseur it has its legend. Here Swinburne came upon his famous copy of “The...

The Optimist

The Optimist

E. M. Delafield | Fiction
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The ship swung slowly away from the side of the wharf. Several people on board then said, “Well, we’re off at last!” to several other people who had only been thinking of saying it.

The Story of Iron

The Story of Iron

Elizabeth I. Samuel | Fiction
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The day was warm, even for June. Part of the way there wasn’t any pavement, and, where there was, it was very rough; so, while he was walking along, Billy had plenty of time to think. He had a great many things to think about, too, for his birthday was coming the very next day, and then he would...

The Voice at Johnnywater

The Voice at Johnnywater

B. M. Bower | Fiction
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The telephone bell was shrilling insistent summons in his apartment when Gary pushed open the hall door thirty feet away. Even though he took long steps, he hoped the nagging jingle would cease before he could reach the ’phone. But the bell kept ringing, being an automatic telephone, dependent...

Little Hickory

Little Hickory

Victor St. Clair | Fiction
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While the voluble stranger, who had introduced himself as Harry Sawyer, kept up his innocent flow of language, Deacon Cornhill was speechless. He saw that the speaker was a well-dressed young man, and his professed friendship instantly won his confidence.