Short Stories

Asaph
About a hundred feet back from the main street of a village...

The Shepherd And His Bible.
A poor shepherd, living among the Alps, the father of a lar...

Mother's Last Lesson.
"Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me...

The Two Robins.
A few summers ago I was sitting on a garden seat, beneath a...

Story About An Indian.
A poor sick man might go to the door of some rich person's ...

The Explanation.
Lettice's father was a man of education, a scholar, a gentl...

Agnes And The Mouse.
One brilliant Christmas day, two little girls were walking ...

The Transferred Ghost
The country residence of Mr. John Hinckman was a delightful...

The Lady Or The Tiger?
In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, wh...

My Early Days.
My father's house was indeed a pleasant home; and father wa...

The Brother And Sister.
(In three Stories.) ...

Arthur And His Apple Tree.
One summer day little William was sitting in the garden cha...

Jane And Her Lessons.
It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S...

Old Pipes And The Dryad
A mountain brook ran through a little village. Over the bro...

The Way To Overcome Evil.
A little girl, by the name of Sarah Dean, was taught the pr...

Harriet And Her Squirrel.
It was on a Sabbath eve, when at a friend's house, we were ...

Melly, Anna And Susy.
There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sis...

Flying The Kite.
Flying the kite is a pleasant amusement for boys, and when ...

The Uncertainty Of Life.
Josiah Martin was a young man of whom any mother might have...

Flora And Her Portrait.
"And was there never a portrait of your beautiful child," s...

PLEDGE.

Our hands and our hearts we give
To the temperance pledge, declaring
That long as on earth we live,
All its bountiful blessings sharing,

We will taste not and touch not the bowl
That burns with intoxication,
And will lend our assistance to roll
The temperance ball through the nation.





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