Category: Short Stories
Each story has an illustrated title and begins with an illustrated drop-cap. Unless a caption is present, the [Illustration] tag has been skipped in the titles and drop-caps for smoother text continuity. Of the rest, illustrations without a caption have a short description in...
Each story has an illustrated title and begins with an illustrated drop-cap. Unless a caption is present, the [Illustration] tag has been skipped in the titles and drop-caps for...
2. Part 2“He was the ‘greatest American’,” said Somebody, “because he loved the Union and determined that it must at all costs be preserved. Because he knew that ‘united we should stand,...
3. Part 3The boy named Billy scrubbed with right good will. “It’s coming off,” he said. “Say, Somebody, please tell me why Easter doesn’t stand still, like Christmas and New Year’s Day....
4. Part 4“It was made by something more wonderful than fairies, if that is possible,” said Somebody. “It was spun by a queer little worm who needed it for his own slumber robe, and had n...
5. Part 5“Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia gives it briefly,” said Somebody. “‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Crea...
6. Part 6“M-m--yes,” said Somebody. “Only you will observe, that as soon as people began to really realize what a very sensible article it was and how much it saved them in the way of sp...