Phemie Frost's Experiences

waiters went circumventing round us with little oysters, shells and all, on plates, which they set down before each of us, with a teinty silver pitchfork to eat 'em with. Then t...

Dear sisters:--I have gone and done it! Now let me give you a little wholesome advice. It comes out of my superior knowledge of the world, and experience of the human heart. Nev...

I ran into my room, and came out with a bundle in one hand and a coarse straw hat in the other. That group of gentlemen was just dropping down the bank out of sight, and after t...

Oh, sisters! judge of my feelings, when directly after Dempster, came a splendid gentleman--a creature of romance, shaded from the vulgar gaze by a felt hat, and dressed like a...

Dear sisters:--Life is a pleasant thing to have when its chariot-wheels revolve in smooth places. I went to bed last night angry with Cousin E. E. Ever since Mr. Burke was intro...

Two carriage-loads of people were at Pleasure Bay, wandering about under the trees in front of the hotel. Down between them and the bank was a lot of men piling up a heap of rou...

The crowd were all around that heap of sea-weed when we came up. Men, women, Irish help, and nig--well, colored freemen, with eager eyes and open mouths, were waiting for the sa...