Blindfold

Ellen Sydney’s first garden in the Meadowburn’s new American home had made a fair beginning. She was at work one afternoon bending over the bed of sweet peas, hooking the baby t...

“Ah, Potter, your father is a grown man! Men do lots of things that you shouldn’t think about. You’re just a child. Those pictures! What’s the good of them anyway? Nice people w...

Frank, however, soon proved too busy to talk, and Potter was left to his own thoughts. The effect which liquor usually had on him was to produce three distinct stages. It plunge...

With the money actually in his pocket, Potter’s despondency abruptly returned. After all, what had he accomplished? The money was useless so far as restoring Ellen to her normal...

“I? Nonsense! But I ought to get her away from here. She could pull together faster in the country. That is to say, if she ever has strength enough to be moved. And there are th...

The elaborate arrangements which had been made for Moira from the first, and the increasing complexity of the child’s education, which had been undertaken very early by Mrs. Sey...

“Hullo,” said one, with a grin. It was Rob Blaydon, carrying in his hand something from which they caught a quick gleam as he passed. The veterinary was with him. Both went up t...

“I have ears and eyes--and can put things together, you know,” laughed Moira. Then she added, more gravely, “I really don’t think many people know. When Selden hinted about it I...

She had been unable to get away in time to buy a berth in the fast train. In order to leave that day, which was imperative, she was forced to take the “two-day” train, and tried...

He was gone too quickly for her to answer. She did not see him again for a week, and when she did she invited him to tea. In an hour he was as much at his ease as though he had...

Marriage had hardly changed an outward detail of their lives. She had refused to give up her job, which he somehow expected she could do. Perhaps she could paint and try to sell...

The two women had in fact glanced at her curiously and critically, but she did not care. They were certainly a very smart party. She wondered what they would think if they knew...

Another explanation of Miles’ conduct brought a curious sort of consolation and corrective. This was that he simply wanted to be free--but did not have the strength. The opportu...

Robert Blaydon’s visit furnished a safe diversion for three days. She was able to keep him that long through the insistent hospitality of Osprey, and the fact that the two took...