Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline: A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life

"Then I'm coming, too; I don't want to stay and be sentimental. Gerald will talk--I know him--and I will cry, and how I would look to-morrow! I want you to do a little fixing fo...

The door was pushed open; a crowd of girls giggled in; Tessa bowed to Mary Sherwood and moved aside. She was turning over a pile of wools, selecting colors for a sacque for Dina...

Mrs. Wadsworth entered at that instant and the conversation was too fraught with pain to both ever to be resumed; therefore it fell out that Mr. Hammerton was the only one in th...

"I do not know how to talk to you; you remind me of Tryphena and Tryphosa; St. Paul would know what to say to you. You seem to have no worldliness in your aims. Your style is im...

"Then they began to talk among themselves: what had they done to be thus bidden to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees? _Leaven_ reminded them of bread! Oh, now they knew! The...

It was very pleasant to be loved by a woman like this woman; he could not understand her, but she touched him like the perfume of the white rose, or the note of the thrush. His...

This new year had brought more hard things to bear than any of the old years; if she could only tell some one who would care and sympathize with her and help her not only to bea...

"'Under the Wings' by Theresa Louise Wadsworth is the most lifelike representation of a genuine live boy that we have seen for many a day. We are almost tempted to think that th...

"This room is full of Philip and Cousin Ralph," Sarepta had said; "his picture is but one of the things in it and in this house to remind me of Cousin Ralph."

"I made my will to-day," he said quietly; "that is, I changed it. Lewis Gesner and Gus Hammerton, my tried friends, were in the office at the time. If you ever need a friend, da...

The sitting-room was cozy and home-like, even after the luxury of Mrs. Towne's handsome apartment. "I don't want to go away," sighed Tessa, dropping into a chair near the round...

Nan said that she was a queen surrounded by courtiers, for first one and then another came for a quiet talk. When she was not talking or listening, she was watching: figures, fa...

Dr. Greyson's house stood opposite. Tessa went to the window to see if the light were still burning in Sue's chamber; Sue had forgotten to drop the curtains; the room was well-l...

"Well, then," stooping to pick a weed that had gone to seed, "I guess that you have come to your right mind, that you will marry Stacey on Friday and all will go as merry as a m...

The Lecture Room was well-lighted, and well-filled. Professor Towne was the fashion in Dunellen. During the opening prayer there was a stir in one of the pews behind Tessa; she...

"Now we will read about one who made a sorry mistake by being so careful that he forgot to find out God's way of doing a certain thing. He did the thing that he wanted to do aft...

"I expect to spend the winter away from home and I don't want to go. I don't see why I must. Mother has been promising for years that the first winter that Dine was out of schoo...

She stretched out her hands to take his hand in both hers: "Don't talk so," she said brokenly. "You know you do not mean it; why can't you be brave and good? I didn't know that...

"Oh, I do, rain or shine. I am going down the road this afternoon to look at the wheat fields and the oat fields and to see the boys and girls dropping corn!"

"Well, I'll come," she answered. But she did not go for half an hour; Mr. Hammerton took the new book to her immediately and talked to her until her pale cheeks were in a glow.

CHAPTER PAGE 1. Hearts that Seemed to Differ 9 2. The Silent Side 20 3. The Last Night of the Old Year 31 4. Somebody New 55 5. Hearts that were Waiting 65 6. Another Opportunit...

For a moment Sue waited, then she arose and moved towards the door, standing another moment, but as Tessa did not turn or speak, she went down-stairs, not lightly, hushed by the...