短篇小说 | A Voyage to the Moon
After a long and arduous devotion to the study of physics and astronomy, I, Hans Pfaal of Rotterdam, at length determined to construct a balloon of my own along original lines and to try a flight in it.
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短篇小说 | A Chaparral Christmas Gift
The original cause of the trouble was about twenty years in growing.
短篇小说 | A Gentleman of Bayou Têche
“You will put on’neat’ de picture,” he said, deliberately, “’Dis is one picture of Mista Evariste Anatole Bonamour, a gent’man of Bayou Têche.’”
短篇小说 | A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
DURING the fall of the year 1827, while residing near Charlottesville, Virginia, I casually made the acquaintance of Mr. Augustus Bedloe.
短篇小说 | According to Their Lights
Somewhere in the depths of the big city, where the unquiet dregs are forever being shaken together, young Murray and the Captain had met and become friends.
短篇小说 | After the Winter
Trézinie, the blacksmith's daughter, stepped out upon the gallery just as M'sieur Michel passed by. He did not notice the girl but walked straight on down the village street.
短篇小说 | A Tale of Jerusalem
Simeon, Abel-Phittim, and Duzi-Ben-Levi were the Gizbarim, or sub-collectors of the offering, in the holy city of Jerusalem.
短篇小说 | A Call Loan
In those days the cattlemen were the anointed. They were the grandees of the grass, kings of the kine, lords of the lea, barons of beef and bone.
短篇小说 | A Family Affair
The moment that the wagon rattled out of the yard away to the station, Madame Solisainte settled herself into a state of nervous expectancy.
短篇小说 | A Predicament
IT was a quiet and still afternoon when I strolled forth in the goodly city of Edina. The confusion and bustle in the streets were terrible.
短篇小说 | A Blackjack Bargainer
Thus did Yancey Goree, as be rode past his old home, make, considering all things, the best showing that was in his power.
短篇小说 | A Dresden Lady in Dixie
MADAME Valtour had been in the sitting- room some time before she noticed the absence of the Dresden china figure from the corner of the mantel-piece, where it had stood for years.
