Short Stories

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

The Boy Found In The Snow.
One winter's night when the evening had shut in very early,...

A Scene In London.
My young readers may have heard about the poor people in Lond...

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

The Golden Crown.
A teacher once asked a child, "If you had a golden crown, w...

The Philosophy Of Relative Existences
In a certain summer, not long gone, my friend Bentley and I...

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

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

The Motherless Birds.
There were two men who were neighbors to each other, living...

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

The Grey Old Cottage.
In the valley between "Longbrigg" and "Highclose," in the f...

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

The Bracelet;
...

Telling Secrets.
There is a company of girls met together, and what can they...

Bertie's Box.
A very little boy by the name of "Bertie," kept a box in wh...

Young Usher.
You have read of that remarkable man, Mr. Usher, who was Ar...

The Bit Of Garden.
Young children like to have a small piece of land for a gar...

Benny's First Drawing.
You have perhaps heard of Benjamin West, the celebrated art...

A Tale Of Negative Gravity
My wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Ital...

The Plum Boys.
Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they...

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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