Expelled

They were three girls; there was a blazing fire, and in front of it stood Marion. Thirteen years old was she--that uncomfortable age for girls--with dark brown hair and laughing...

There was uproar at Dorrincourt, disorder everywhere, confusion reigned supreme. The great old school scarcely knew itself; scholastic dignity was at an end. Abode of learning i...

Snow! it snowed indeed, and Effingham and his prophetic utterances were--not by any means for the first time--out of court entirely. In a surprisingly short space of time the ti...

But while all the school was happy, and every one rejoiced at the prospect of home-going, one there was whose mind was ill at ease, and who was in no mood to join in the general...

Silence followed; the Doctor, one hand held in front of him, the other still behind his back, looked as one anxious to forgive yet forced to punish. Harsh measures were against...

How sad it is for friends to quarrel, and, at times, how awkward too! as see this case in point. Such is poetic justice, which says not only is it wrong to do this thing, but it...

Away past the snowy fields, away through the falling snow, past villages and houses--away past all things of life and death, which all alike wore Nature's wintry garb. There, ac...

It was a strange train-full which left the scene of the disaster. It consisted of but three passenger waggons, a cattle-truck, a coal-truck, and the guard's van; for it was but...

It is strange what magic there is in water; either for outward or inward application, nothing is more soothing in its effects. Weary and depressed, we plunge ourselves into a st...

For a quarter of an hour or thereabouts they enjoyed their privacy, and by that time the pangs of hunger were pretty well assuaged. Considering the speed at which their jaws had...

But no one, boy or man, could have gone through the experiences of that day without their having left some mark behind. It is impossible for a man to pass through the valley of...

The lads slept peaceful sleep; after the fatigues of such a day it had been strange if they had not; but one at least, Duke Tregowan, had other reasons besides merely physical o...

"Good-bye, old boy! see you to-morrow, I daresay. Remember me to all at home; I'll wish them a merry Christmas when I come." This was from Duke to Lionel. He and Penharden were...

And what a difference the lad's return made to the dear old house! It scarcely seemed the same. What house ever is the same when the holidays are on and the boys are back again?...

They all streamed into the house. It was arranged that at the very first opportunity Ralph and George should return with whatever reinforcements they could induce to come with t...

feet from the baskets of flowers on the floor and prepared for jumping. Winnie just drew a good long breath, and sat well back, with parted lips, in an ecstasy too great for spe...

It was evening, the day had passed; they had stayed in Camborne all the morning, had decorated the church to their entire satisfaction. Not an elegant structure is the church at...

And to-night, this Christmas Eve, they made up their minds to let Mr. Fruin see that "Bitters" was still alive in their memory though dead in fact. This was Master George Treven...

It was a shaft into which they fell. Once upon a time they had planned a mine upon the very borders of the sea at Gwithian. It had not come up to their anticipations, and soon t...

It was a disturbed night at Tregowan, not at all the typical Christmas Eve it was wont to be. It was not until dinner was served that Mrs. Tregowan was informed of Duke's absenc...

It was Coxon who reminded them that some one still was down the mine. There was Duke, who still seemed as easy and as quiet in his mind as though nothing out of the way had happ...

Soon the doctor called them back again. He asked Mrs. Wheeler to stay a while with Marmaduke, and told the mother that he would speak a word alone with her. Arm in arm with Winn...

Three weeks went past. We are once more at Tregowan. The snow had gone; the winter had vanished as in a night; and now, in the middle of January, there was, or seemed to be, alr...

Duke was resolved not to be baulked in the desire which he had broached to the mother on the day when he had first come back from school--the desire to do something to make othe...

"Wer nicht fortgeht, geht zurücke, Unsere schnellen Augenblicke Geh'n vor sich, nicht hinter sich, Das ist mein, was ich besitze, Diese Stunde, die ich nütze, Die ich hoff', ist...