Godey's Lady's Book
BRIGHT, gladsome May-day!--the fairest maiden in all the train of the merry "Queen of Seasons." May-day! what happy scenes this word recalls--the day of all days for childhood's pleasures! I see the little darlings tripping along the streets of my native town with baskets on t...
AGAIN and again they met; already had the finely-modeled features of Alice Clayton gained an indescribable charm from the warm feelings of her pure, ardent heart, which sprang u...
15. CHAPTER X.THE conspirators, in the mean time, unconscious of the danger which threatened them, were discussing with one another the various topics which were uppermost in their minds. Jou...
13. PART I.YES, there was death in the house. The closed windows told it to the passers-by; and the crape which hung heavily from the door, tied with a black ribbon, denoted that one in th...
9. CHAPTER XVIII.WHEN Richard Clifton awoke from that slumber, an expression of calmness rested upon his countenance. It was plain that deep despondency was no longer pressing upon his heart. Hi...
12. CHAPTER III.It may seem strange to you, my young friend, to be thus familiarly addressed by one who is a stranger to you, and one whom you have never even seen as yet; but, although I am un...
6. SCENE II.--_The drawing-room at_ JUDGE BOLTON'S.The day of destiny for me has come! Strange how the aspect of the outer world Changes beneath the changes of the soul! This morning is a glorious one to sense! But Hope, the sun...
11. CHAPTER II.DANIEL KELFORD had fitted him up a little study room, in which he spent most of his time. Books were his idols, and he worshiped them with more than a pagan zeal. His table was...
14. CHAPTER IX.DEVELOUR and his associates left the little house in the Ruelle des Jardiniers and marched down the Rue de Charenton, in order to avoid being seen by any sentinel which the reve...
10. CHAPTER I.THE western portion of the State of North Carolina is by no means densely populated even at this day, though much more so than it was half a century ago, the time at which the p...
7. CHAPTER XVI.AFTER a partial recovery from the fatigues of the journey to the homestead, Mr. Richard Clifton appeared to be much improved in health, and strong hopes were entertained that hi...
8. CHAPTER XVII.FOR a day or two subsequent to the conversation recorded in the last chapter, the invalid was unable to leave his room. He seemed desirous of being left alone. Henry was earnest...
5. SCENE I.--_Rose Hill. The garden before_ PROF.I cannot leave her in this agony, (_looks at his watch_,) And yet the hour is nearly out. O Time! Turn back thy sands! take months from out my life For moments spared me now. I...
3. CHAPTER III.AGAIN I beg the reader to pass over two years--short to you who possess health and plenty, long to those in disease and want--and come with me to the heights of the Alleghanies,...
1. CHAPTER I.BRIGHT, gladsome May-day!--the fairest maiden in all the train of the merry "Queen of Seasons." May-day! what happy scenes this word recalls--the day of all days for childhood's...
2. CHAPTER II.'TIS night in a boarding-school. The doors of many small rooms open on the dreary hall, and the glimmering light through the key-holes tells of the fair students within. One is...