Category: Short Stories

The brother's return, and other stories

A. L. O. E., 1821-1893· 2 chapters· 7,710 words

"I COULD have been sure that John's house stood here," murmured Ralph Daines to himself as he looked around. "I know that it stood by the turn of a road, just as one came in sight of the church, and that it had a clump of trees in front, just like these before me. Ah! Well, we...

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1. Part 1

"I COULD have been sure that John's house stood here," murmured Ralph Daines to himself as he looked around. "I know that it stood by the turn of a road, just as one came in sig...

2. Part 2

"And not much less than a thousand loaves of white bread," said Macalpine "with tubs of milk, and casks of beer, and I don't know how many plum-cakes, seed-cakes, iced cakes, an...