Horror tales
A moment later the punt lurched violently, there was a splash of water under the bank, a nodding of tall rushes; and beauty in pink closed her pretty eyes and tried to forget she was Maude Juxon, wife of a rich stockbroker, and mother of a three year old child whom she had not...
A moment later the punt lurched violently, there was a splash of water under the bank, a nodding of tall rushes; and beauty in pink closed her pretty eyes and tried to forget sh...
2. Scene I.--SATIRICThe influence changed, as was usual at the approach of darkness. The power compelling them forth became irresistible. It was a new sensation for the scholar, but his sensitive n...
3. Scene II.--SKETCHHe sette not his benefice to hire, And lette his shepe acombred in the mire, And ran unto London, unto Seint Poules, To seken him a chanterie for soules, Or with a brotherhede t...
4. Scene III.--TRAGEDYWhile the two clergymen were in the dining-room the expected change in the weather occurred. When Mr. Price rode away, having decided to postpone his visit to the Strath, the su...
5. Scene I.--COMEDYIt so happened that the exit of Henry Reed made no stir beyond being the wonder of a week in the neighbourhood of Kingsmore. An inquest was held at the Load of Mischief, a waysi...
6. Scene II.--MYSTERYIs it possible then that the soul--which is invisible and proceeding to another place… when it is separated from the body--is at once dissipated and utterly annihilated, as many...
7. Scene III.--MUSICAL COMEDYWhen Flora awoke she discovered a pink envelope addressed in Maude’s careless caligraphy, lying beside her morning cup of tea. She hurried over her toilet, made her way into the...
8. Scene I.--HEROICIt was dusk when Drayton entered the parish of Thorlund, after a wearisome railway journey, and a long tramp of nine miles from the station. He walked straight to the partly-ope...
9. Scene II.--PASTORALAfter searching diligently Flora discovered a little farm-house some three miles to the west of Kingsmore, which the tenants were glad to let at a weekly rental, sufficient to g...
10. Scene III.--EXTRAVAGANZAHuman nature is so constituted as to be incapable of lonely satisfaction; man, like those plants which are formed to embrace others, is led by an instinctive impulse to recline...
11. Scene IV.--SENTIMENTAL COMEDYImplicit faith had never become rooted in Dr. Berry’s mind. He had sought ordination because “out of these Convertites there is much matter to be heard and learned,” and the dis...
12. Scene V.--PAGEANTThe two dwellers in the Strath went on dreaming. Drayton had reserved a small ante-chamber leading out from the saloon for his work-room. Here the escutcheon of the mask was end...
13. Scene VI.--MELODRAMADrinkers of tea in Kingsmore continued to talk scandal concerning Conway and Nancy Reed; but when the evil practice extended beyond the farm-houses and reached the untidy Vicara...
14. Scene VII.--IDYLLMaude Juxon had failed to materialize at the time of Flora’s visit, because she was on the other side of the great chalky billows, enjoying life after her usual manner, that is...
15. Scene I.--PUPPENSPIELEWhile rain was falling upon just and unjust, Herbert Juxon sat in his gas-lit office up a gloomy court, struggling to conquer the London which roared around him. A clock indicat...
16. Scene II.--LYRICAL DITHYRAMBThe day of Maude’s introduction to the Strath arrived. The careless little lady, to whom the future state was a terrible black cloud, had taken it upon herself to fix a date for...
17. Scene I.--MORALITYIt was the day of the dance at the Strath. Early in the morning mist rose before the sun, and a hollow silence prevailed upon the hills. Windy sighs followed, and the trees bega...
18. Scene II.--MASQUEAnd let the Masquers, or any other, that are to come down from the Scene, have some motions, upon the Scene itself, before their comming down: For it drawes the Eye strangely, a...