Christmas

A Christmas Accident and Other Stories

OF the stories included in this volume, the first originally appeared in the _Hartford Courant_; "After--the Deluge," in the _Atlantic Monthly_; "Mary A. Twining," in the _Home Maker_; "A Postlude" and "Her Neighbor's Landmark," in the _Outlook_; "The 'Daily Morning Chronicle,...

Chapters

4. Chapter 4

Yes, with questions with which many a restless woman's soul has since perplexed itself, and which are now only beginning to attain solution. It is pleasant to find, in these ear...

5. Chapter 5

"Oh, but I know so few people," said the other, hastily. "I'm not ungrateful--I'm sure I've no call to be; but I know so few people, and they've known me all my life; it's not l...

2. Chapter 2

"Will you please take it--take it away?" he said, with that wish to have something over which we associate with the dentist. So Mrs. Bilton took the turkey and thanked him, and...

8. Chapter 8

The train was moving very slowly; people were laughing and talking gayly all about them; more lights had come out on the water, and a gentle breeze had suddenly sprung up.

7. Chapter 7

"I suppose I thought perhaps there would be more about--about misfortune, and scattered leaves, and dells,"--poor Miss Delia smiled deprecatingly, while she felt wildly about fo...

3. Chapter 3

With a slight gesture of despair, Mellony turned away. The flash had burned itself out. The stronger nature had reasserted itself. Silently, feeling her helplessness, frightened...

6. Chapter 6

The shadows grew longer, the room dimmer, and Miss Pinsett had the maid throw open the blinds to let in the western sunlight. A shaft of illumination fell across one of the Japa...

1. Chapter 1

OF the stories included in this volume, the first originally appeared in the _Hartford Courant_; "After--the Deluge," in the _Atlantic Monthly_; "Mary A. Twining," in the _Home...

9. Chapter 9

"G'long," said Monroe, after a short silence, during which the calves looked more bored than usual. But the shaky wheels had made but a few revolutions before the owner of the w...