Category: Short Stories
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For some days after this he was extremely ill, and hardly stirred out of his room at all, except to keep the blood-stain in proper repair. However, by taking great care of himse...
1. Chapter 1Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14522-h.htm or 14522-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/5/2/...
3. Chapter 3"Yes, death. Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow....