Pansy's home story book

AUTHOR OF "FOUR GIRLS AT CHAUTAUQUA," "CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME," "ESTER RIED," "LINKS IN REBECCA'S LIFE," "JULIA RIED," "HOUSEHOLD PUZZLES," "RUTH ERSKINE'S CROSSES," "THE RAND...

Then she flounced out of the room, shut the door behind her, and sat down on the lowest steps of the side piazza, where Cora could not come because of the dampness. Here she mea...

It was lovely there, she thought, and she roved around looking at everything. On the bed lay Miss Emma's white dress, fresh from the laundry, where its many ruffles, and puffs,...

"No, I didn't miss the mail, either," said poor Harvey, very crossly; he felt so bad, he thought he couldn't help being cross. "Keep still, can't you? 'I'm' telling this story;...

He never had. He was almost an old man; and it was years since he had thought about it; but Mandy's song brought it all back. Was that the end of it? Oh, no. The organ-grinder k...

He was not going to school. The fact was, he hoped to get a place as office boy that morning. He was on his way to see about it. If he could only have crossed the lake, it would...

He had one thing more to do before he went down-stairs. He drew his rocking-chair near the register, and took his Bible and read a few verses, then he knelt down and prayed. Thi...

When Ethol had eaten a breakfast of broiled chicken, and toast, and canned fruit, she was dressed by Hannah in a dark blue velvet suit with hat to match, having a long white plu...

"Mr. Poser, I can't go another step," cried Mrs. Smith. "I'm all beat out. These young ones have made me so nervous, seems ef I sh'd scream myself." With that, she came to a dea...