Category: Short Stories
Brillat Savarin, the immortal author of “The Physiology of Taste,” among his axioms has the following: “_Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai qui tu es._” (Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.) If any one doubt the truth of this remark, or has the least obje...
While the tyro believes the vessel is about to capsize at every puff of wind, the practiced seaman alone knows when danger truly besets him in this particular form. Thus it was...
6. CHAPTER XI.The messenger who had brought Miss Gansevoort’s letter to the fort, was the same servant of Sir Philip who had accompanied him to the house of Captain Wilton on the night of his...
1. PART I. (THE PHILOSOPHY AND USES OF EATING.)Brillat Savarin, the immortal author of “The Physiology of Taste,” among his axioms has the following: “_Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai qui tu es._” (Tell me what you eat...
2. CHAPTER VII.The ensuing evening was cold, dark, and stormy. The commandant of Fort Constitution was faithful to his appointment. He was received at the door of Captain Wilton’s cottage by A...
5. CHAPTER X.It is needless to say that the letter which had so suddenly arrested the threatened tragedy at Fort Constitution, was from Ellen Gansevoort. Her situation was perilous in the ex...
4. CHAPTER IX.Miss Gansevoort’s week of dreadful expectation had passed away, and the day of her expected sacrifice arrived. Her father in the meantime had used every means both to persuade a...
3. CHAPTER VIII.We will not follow the prisoner to the place of his confinement, or dwell upon his dismal reflections behind the grated bars of a felon’s cell. He was not a prisoner of war, ent...