The Crime of Henry Vane: A Study with a Moral

"Who was Vane?" said I, "and what did he do? Which commandment did he break? He must have made merry with them all--or, rather, have kept them all to get such a judgment in this...

Young Vane took two small rooms in the oldest house of a down-town street, for which he paid two dollars a week. And that autumn, Vane, who a few months before had barely admitt...

Vane liked her very much, and thought her very much underrated by the world; and the same afternoon, by way of vindication, he went to her house and made a long call, _tête-à-tê...

"I am only too glad you have forgotten," he said; and then rising, with an awkward bow, he got himself and his shattered reputation for _savoir faire_ out of the room. After put...

She blushed deeply. "Thank you," she said, "I would rather have a new one, then. But it is time for me to go home--or--I think I should like an ice first. Will you get me one?"

It was characteristic of the man that he opened the business letter first. It was from his partner, who was growing old and more and more reliant on Vane's judgment, and it cont...

After supper Vane walked up and down the verandah. Most of the girls did the same, still in couples. Despite the cool mountain air, many of them wore low-throated muslin dresses...

"You told me then that you had forgiven me. I thought it was so noble in you! for I had acted very wrongly." Miss Thomas was rocking nervously in her chair; she had a handkerchi...