The Woman Who Dared

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"And so she had her way, and we were married; And the next day all Wall Street was aroused By news that brave Papa had won renown Not simply as a bankrupt, but a swindler, Escap...

"A year we toiled In company; and I'll not tell you all The hardships, trials, wrongs, we underwent. In my blue trunk you'll find a little pistol, Got for our joint protection i...

"And so The simple rite--if such it could be called-- Took place. A formal kiss was interchanged, And then we all knelt down, and Percival Met our hearts' need with such a simpl...

As when by some forecasting sense the dove Knows that the hawk, though out of sight and still, Is hovering near, even so did Linda feel An enemy draw nigh; felt that this woman,...

"You're getting thin; you find success in art Is not a thing so easy as you fancied. Five years you've worked at what you modestly Esteem your specialty. Your specialty! As if a...

Stand on the cliff near by,--southeasterly Are only waves on waves to the horizon; But easterly, less than two miles across, And forming with the coast-line, whence you look, Th...

On they rode, After these words, in silence for a mile Upon their homeward way. Then Lothian: "And what will your address be, in the city?" "I do not know, nor care," said Linda...

Another summons! In the drawing-room, Whom should I meet but Denison? His stare Had something vicious in it; but we bowed, And he remarked: "I hear that Harriet, Caught in your...

To Rome and not to the Bible we must go for all the authority we can produce for denying that marriage is simply a civil contract. The form, binding one man to one woman, had it...