Category: Short Stories
The old year was drawing to a close, indeed, it had not many hours to run, for the thirty-first of December had dawned upon the lonely Cornish village of Penwhinnock. It was a pouring wet day, and the wind was blowing so fiercely that the billows rolled and tossed as if some e...
The old year was drawing to a close, indeed, it had not many hours to run, for the thirty-first of December had dawned upon the lonely Cornish village of Penwhinnock. It was a p...
2. Part 2The old lass was well pleased to see him, and he was heartily glad to find her "all right and tight," as he said, and hugged her as if she had been his mother.
3. Part 3"Yes," said she, "I have found it to be so; but----"; and coming to the "but," she stopped short. "Only it does not seem to me right, anyhow, for a man to be sitting in doors ha...
4. Part 4"Soon after that Meg was born, and how glad Alice was, to be sure! why, that child, I believe she would have worked her fingers to the bone for it. Some folks talk as if our lit...
5. Part 5No. 1, entitled A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK, Contains: A Chip of the Old Block--The Light in the Window--The Gospel Message--The Man who dug his own Grave--Nelly the Orange Girl--Th...