Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905

Then, just as I was about to turn away to hide myself, to forget myself, anywhere, anyhow, I saw Margery; and, to save my soul, I could not have left without a lingering look by...

"Don't make it as long a proceeding as in the old days, then," he said, as he stood by the table and carelessly turned over the sketches, and she smiled a little bitterly as she...

I drew up a chair so close to her that, to retreat, she was forced to sit in the broad window seat. Then I seated myself. "By all means, let us be reasonable," said I. "Now, let...

"No, there is no but," she answered, quickly. "'Twas that, too, that I was trying to tell you. But I've been Johan to you for all this time, though I've had to play so many part...

And it was in the same tone that Lindley answered: "Let's wonder, rather, if the fair Sylvia'll be given her _conge_ in a fortnight's time!" But the sneer in Lindley's voice was...

She looked at him as if she doubted whether she had heard aright. "You know perfectly well that I am accustomed to horses," she declared, moving as if she intended to change pla...

Then, very suddenly: "Nancy, suppose there was a man who was rather poor, as things go nowadays, and who had once been very fond of a girl who had treated him pretty badly. And...

"Why do we dally here?" she demanded. "The story's all told, and I've given my word that the fellow should go free. There's little loss--a few jewels and an old glove. Nay, nay,...

"I perceive, sir," retorted he, "you have the thick skin necessary to living up to that rule." And the twinkle in his eyes betrayed the man who delights to exercise a real or im...

Lord Farquhart's habitual pose of indifference, of insolent indifference to the world and its opinions, stood him in good stead on that October morning. He had passed through mo...

Just a moment's consideration of the conditions and incidents, the chances and mischances, that led up to this denouncement will show that it was not so strange a thing, after a...

The flash public very naturally choose the same pleasant road to fortune. To their minds, whether they place their money on "Reading Common" or on "Waterboy," the intention, the...

With this increased freedom permitted in woman's conduct, the love tokens she gives have become even more treasured, for the liberty she now possesses has turned her love tokens...

Carlotta looked at them wonderingly as Elizabeth put her arms around his neck and her head on his breast; but when he raised Elizabeth's face and kissed her lips, she clapped he...

A Gentleman of the Highways Kathryn Jarboe From Gardens Over Seas Thomas Walsh Synopsis of Chapters I--XV of "The Deluge" Editorial The Deluge (Continued) David Graham Phillips...

"But, Barbara!" The man was, indeed, as shaken as his voice. He had found it hard enough to credit the evidence of ears and eyes that proved to him that Lord Farquhart was the B...

Here Lord Farquhart caught a gleam of light. Ashley might have convinced her that such a tale was true. Ashley might have arranged the highway robbery and might have placed the...

Yes, Mr. James Thornton's offer was certainly tempting. It meant that everything in the world for which she most cared would be hers except--but that was singularly out-of-date....

"What I ain't picked up about 'em I knew when I was born," said Joe, with a laugh and a pat of the mare's head. "All right--we'll turn ourselves into a couple of amachure vet'ri...

Sir Richard Steele, in describing the Spectator Club, remarks of the Templer that "most of his thoughts are fit for conversation, as few of them are derived from business." Neve...

"You're thin," she decided, mentally; "shockingly thin. I'm afraid your master doesn't feed you enough. He probably has an absurd notion that a dog shouldn't be fed but once a d...

Desire of joy--how keen, how keen it is! (Oh, the young heart--the young heart in its Spring!) There waits adventure on the road of bliss-- A challenge in each note the free bir...

Mr. Stange's play was an amusing comedy, dealing with domestic infelicity--of the tit-for-tat order--in the "old" style. That is to say, it did not flaunt in our faces a fractur...

"I think I had. If a woman has a right to torment a man as you tormented me, he surely has a right to take whatever means he can of--getting even. Women are so brutal----"

His literary generalship amounts almost to genius approaching that of the great masters of fiction. Indeed, if any fault can be found with the book, it is that it is too painsta...