Short stories, American
Copyright, 1920, by The Curtis Publishing Company; 1923, by The Nation, Inc.; 1924, 1925, by The Century Company; 1925, by George H. Doran Company; 1925, 1926, by The Crowell Publishing Company; 1927, by The International Magazine Company; 1927, by The Pictorial Review Company.
Copyright, 1920, by The Curtis Publishing Company; 1923, by The Nation, Inc.; 1924, 1925, by The Century Company; 1925, by George H. Doran Company; 1925, 1926, by The Crowell Pu...
2. Part 2The tollgate woman’s house had been clean. She had just finished giving her baby a bath. He supposed some one had washed him when he was a baby. Maybe not. He knew nothing about...
3. Part 3The tourist train was to them luxury. The journey was even better than motion pictures, Matthew thought. They ate from their basket, listened to every one, hardly spoke all the...
4. Part 4At this Lucien, his son, began to laugh—flung back his head until his neck was long, and laughed very loudly, looking at the ceiling. After a moment of struggle, Amy and Jane jo...
5. Part 5His first act at the office was to request the return of his biography copy from the editor of the county history. Blade said, “I can liven mine up a lot.” It had come to him th...
6. Part 6When Grandma Imlay first came in town, in April, and went to call at her old home, she trembled with delight to be there again, where she had lived for sixty-five years. Here he...
7. Part 7Elmer Dasher was shaken, said, “But my God, Katy”; and Katy, turning her head fretfully from him, was caught by the aspect of the Bohemian woman, and cried out. The Bohemian wom...