by O. Henry
I
THE OCTOPUS MAROONED
"A trust is its weakest point," said Jeff Peters.
"That," said I, "sounds like one of those unintelligible remarks such
as, 'Why is a policeman?'...
By Sarah Fielding
There lived in the northern parts of England, a gentlewoman who
undertook the education of young ladies; and this trust she endeavoured
faithfully to discharge, b...
by David Cory
The Magic Comb
One bright morning in August little Mary Louise put on her hat and went
trudging across the meadow to the beach.
It was the first time she had been tru...
BY DON MARQUIS
CHAPTER I
A BRIGHT BLADE LEAPS FROM A RUSTY SCABBARD
On an evening in April, 191-, Clement J. Cleggett walked sedately into
the news room of the New York Enterpr...
by Plato
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
INTRODUCTION.
The Crito seems intended to exhibit the character of Socrates in one
light only, not as the philosopher, fulfilling a divine mi...
By G. K. CHESTERTON
THE SUFFRAGIST
Rightly or wrongly, it is certain that a man both liberal and chivalric,
can and very often does feel a dis-ease and distrust touching those
poli...