Category: Short Stories
In preparing this little book, three things have been kept constantly in mind--the plan of the whole series, the thought and sentiment expressed in each lesson, and the language used to express the thought.
2. So he spoke with some bold, courageous countrymen, and engaged them in the enterprise, which he accomplished thus: Binnock had been accustomed to supply the garrison of Linli...
2. Part 24. The Indians saw that Columbus had told them the truth. They saw that they had offended the Great Spirit, and that he had sent a dreadful monster to swallow the sun. They coul...
4. Part 44. One incident of this battle is worthy of note. During the action, the flag-staff was shot away, and the flag fell to the earth outside the fort. Sergeant William Jasper at on...
6. Part 66. Next comes a class in arithmetic. These boys are to be the merchants, shopkeepers, and mechanics of a future period. Hitherto they have traded only in marbles and apples. Oth...
1. Part 1In preparing this little book, three things have been kept constantly in mind--the plan of the whole series, the thought and sentiment expressed in each lesson, and the language...
3. Part 32. By this time the people were aroused. The petty little tyrant had issued an order that all vessels sailing up the bay should lower their flag by way of salute--an order very...
7. Part 74. But, swift as the firemen speed to the scene, the flame is swifter still. Borne on the wings of the wind, it leaps from street to street. It is no longer a wind but a tempest...