Category: Novels

The Alchemist's Secret

THE PASSING OF TONY 11 THE TRAMP 27 "HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY" 42 A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS MORNING 58 NANCY'S TALE 72 PATSY 88 THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE 103 THE ELEVENTH HOUR 116 THE STORY OF JULIE BENOIT 130 PETER 150 GOD'S WAY 165

Chapters

4. Chapter 4

"The plague had carried off my father an' mother, my brothers was all married an' moved away, an' my only sister was at service in London, so when Mona begged me to come to Amer...

6. Chapter 6

He opened his eyes and they rested upon the chair which Nancy had occupied one hour ago, which she had occupied so frequently during the past few months. She had been almost a d...

7. Chapter 7

"Presently the superintendent he come in and he talk to you and you look very grave. Then he say one of the ladies have left her purse on a table in this room. Will the girls be...

5. Chapter 5

Many a night, when the pain kept him from sleeping, he would while away the long hours by thinking of the gentle, beautiful girl, and he never said his prayers at night and morn...

8. Chapter 8

With difficulty. Peter got upon his feet, lifted the baby and essayed to drag himself up that long flight of steps. Panting, exhausted, he reached the top and laid his burden do...

1. Chapter 1

THE PASSING OF TONY 11 THE TRAMP 27 "HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY" 42 A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS MORNING 58 NANCY'S TALE 72 PATSY 88 THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE 103 THE ELEVENTH HOUR 116...

2. Chapter 2

"There was not time for a lengthy conversation, the engine requiring constant attention, but the tramp volunteered the information that he answered to the name of Jim, and promi...

3. Chapter 3

Presently the sound of music breaks in on the evening stillness, the sound of an organ responding to the touch of skilled fingers and blended with it the tones of women's voices...