Category: Short Stories
The most noticeable characteristic of the extraordinary literary development of the South since the Civil War is that it is almost entirely in the direction of realism. A people who, up to that time, had been so romantic that they wished to naturalize among themselves the idea...
The door was closing, when the sheriff, springing from his horse, forced it steadily back. A shot came from within, but it ranged wild, and in an instant the sheriff's pistol co...
8. Chapter 8“Yesterday, the old lady,” pointing to the picture, “came in. She took no notice of her portrait, but said that she had failed to find you; that she was anxious to hear what you...
6. Chapter 6“Give 'er ter me, Malviny. Don't pappy's gal want er ride on pappy's foot? See 'ere, now! Whoopee!” and placing the plump little body astride his foot, the leg of which crossed...
12. Chapter 12“DEAR MISS BRAXTON,--I am going away from Lexington to-morrow, probably never to return. Will you be at your father's gate at three o'clock this afternoon, as I would like to sa...
4. Chapter 4The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's! Oh, I reck...
2. Chapter 2“Wed we was,” the mountain-man went on; and an imperceptible pause followed the words. “We rid down to Garyville to be wed, an' we went from the jestice's office to the office o...
7. Chapter 7I made a visit to hers a few days after our separation, and came away with my heart in my mouth at the sight of some of the familiar objects of Mammy's room, and such of our own...
1. Chapter 1The most noticeable characteristic of the extraordinary literary development of the South since the Civil War is that it is almost entirely in the direction of realism. A people...
10. Chapter 10In an instant the crowd rushed in, headed by Morris, whose burning eyes seemed to be starting from his drawn white face. Like a flash Doty sprang forward and wrenched an axe fro...
3. Chapter 3She had been thinking just that herself with a sense of injury and imposition; and she was used all her life to having people see everything as she saw it, from her side only. B...
5. Chapter 5At this moment Aunt Cornelia cried out joyously, “Oh, thar's my chile!” and ran to meet her daughter-in-law. The little girl--Cornelia the second--could navigate bravely by hers...
13. Chapter 13And now the concluding words of the service had been reached, and the minister had begun, “Those whom God hath joined together--” when the rest of the sentence was lost in the o...
11. Chapter 11“You ten' to your own business, Bud, an' I'll ten' to mine,” Mrs. Cullum returned, not unkindly. Which business on her part apparently was to make Mr. Cullum miserable by taking...
14. Chapter 14“You'll get enough of me to-morrow to last you a lifetime, sah,” promptly responded the old man, marching straight on into the house. Nothing could express more concentrated and...