# Strangers and Wayfarers Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31857 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Strangers+and+Wayfarers+Jewett&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The passenger and mail transportation between the towns of North Kilby and Sanscrit Pond was carried on by Mr. Jefferson Briley, whose two-seated covered wagon was usually much too large for the demands of business. Both the Sanscrit Pond and North Kilby people were stayers-at-home, and Mr. Briley often made his seven-mile journey in entire solitude, except for the limp leather mail-bag, which he held firmly to the floor of the carriage with his heavily shod left foot. The mail-bag had almost a personality to him, born of long association. Mr. Briley was a meek and timid-looking body, but he held a warlike soul, and encouraged his fancies by reading awful tales of bloodshed and lawlessnes... ## Chapters - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strangers-and-wayfarers-31857/chapters/14/index.md)