Short Stories

His Wife's Deceased Sister
It is now five years since an event occurred which so color...

Anne Cleaveland.
Anne was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She had a good N...

Anna With A Pleasant Home.
Anna, having obtained leave of her mistress, soon found her...

Lizzy And Her Dog.
I wish to relate to you a very affecting story about a good...

Anecdotes.
TRUE BENIFICENCE.--Mark Antony, when very much depressed, a...

Chinese Proverbs.
What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. ...

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

The First Dollar.
I will tell you an affecting story about a young lad by the...

Or, Honesty Rewarded.
At St. Petersburgh, the birth day of any of the royal famil...

Comfort And Sobriety.
Let me here give you a few maxims to commit to memory:---- ...

The Portrait Of Flora Purchased.
Anna started for her home, and when she had arrived, she sl...

The Glow Worm.
On a summer's evening about half an hour after bed time, as...

Story About A Robber.
I will tell you a true story about a robber. A gentleman wa...

Good Companions.
One day, says a Persian poet, I saw a bunch of roses, and i...

The Parting Scene.
In one of our western cities was a poor woman, in the garre...

Harvest Song.
Now the golden ear wants the reaper's hand, Banish eve...

Look Up.
A little boy went to sea with his father to learn to be a s...

No Payno Work.
"Little boy, will you help a poor old man up the hill with ...

The Child And Flower.
The Atheist in his garden stood, At twilight's pen...

Chorus
As the manna lay, on the desert ground, So from day to d...

THE PLUM BOYS.

Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they were
passing a cornfield, in which there were some plum trees, full of
nice, ripe fruit, Henry said to Thomas, "Let us jump over and get some
plums. Nobody will see us, and we can scud along through the corn and
come out on the other side."

Thomas said, "I cannot. It is wrong to do so. I would rather not have
the plums than to steal them, and I think I will run along home."

"You are a coward," said Henry, "I always knew you were a coward, and
if you don't want any plums you may go without them, but I shall have
some very quick."

Just as Henry was climbing the fence, the owner of the field rose up
from the other side of the wall, and Henry jumped back and ran away.
Thomas had no reason to be afraid, so he stood still, and the owner of
the field, who had heard the conversation between the boys, told him
that he was very glad to see that he was not willing to be a thief. He
then told Thomas that he might step over the fence and help himself to
as many plums as he wished. The boy was pleased with the invitation,
and soon filled his pockets with plums which he could call his own.
Honesty will always get its reward.





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