Category: Short Stories

Mike Marble: His Crotchets and Oddities.

Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing), 1812-1859· 2 chapters· 13,274 words

Don't be frightened, reader, at what you see on the title-page of this book, or at the head which I have given to my first chapter. Don't let the idea creep into your head, that I am going to give you a dull and sleepy essay on music. It is not the _crotchets_ which you find i...

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2. Chapter 2

the old, straight-backed oak chair on the stoop, as cool as a cucumber, while the biggest rooster on his premises, the lord of the whole barn-yard, was leading a regiment of hen...

1. Chapter 1

Don't be frightened, reader, at what you see on the title-page of this book, or at the head which I have given to my first chapter. Don't let the idea creep into your head, that...