Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
It was a lovely twilight evening at Lytton Springs, India. These famous springs were very high up in the Araville hills; Mandavee was the nearest city, situated on a small island in the Arabian sea. The great red sun was slowly sinking as the bells were ringing the Angelus fro...
“The king then asked, as yet the camp he viewed, What prince is that, with giant strength endued; Whose brawny shoulders, and whose swelling chest, And lofty stature, far exceed...
10. CHAPTER X.“Addison that is a song I composed for Ruth. Cathy, please do not wear black at her grave, or mourn for her; she will be so happy with me. Please try to remember this little verse:
9. CHAPTER IX.A year has passed away. Ruth has not heard from Cresto, or even dreamed of him. All this time she has been doing all the good she could with her pen and dear old violin. Cathy d...
6. CHAPTER VI.Ruth was a lovely, tall, dark-eyed, Southern girl. Her family and most intimate friends called her Dolly. She had heavy, light brown, long, curly hair, that hung below her waist...
7. CHAPTER VII.“Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light; Nor sound of waters shaken Nor any sound or sight. Nor wintry leaves or vernal Nor days nor things diurnal; Only the sle...
3. CHAPTER III.The next morning Princess Kezia was up before sunrise. She dressed quickly so she would have time to pray all alone in the dear old temple before the others were up. On the way...
2. CHAPTER II.All God’s angels will say, “Well done!” Whenever thy mortal race is run. White and forgiven, Thou’lt enter heaven And pass, unchallenged, the Golden Gate, Where welcoming spirit...
1. CHAPTER I.It was a lovely twilight evening at Lytton Springs, India. These famous springs were very high up in the Araville hills; Mandavee was the nearest city, situated on a small islan...
8. CHAPTER VIII.“All night she dreamed and wondered with the light Her lover came—and then she understood The purpose of her being. Life was good, And all the world seemed bright And nothing wa...
12. CHAPTER XII.“’Tis told somewhere in Eastern story That those who loved once blossomed as flowers On the same stem, amid the glory Of Eden’s green and fragrant bowers; And that, though parte...
4. CHAPTER IV.“Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper tree. Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night. My soul left the body and traveled away; far away, down in...
11. CHAPTER XI.These dear, sweet companions had been laughing and talking over their new dresses, and reading all day. Cathy wore a dainty blue lawn; Ruth was dressed all in pure white—she fel...