Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 7
“`Tis a great thing for anybody to have got through, ain`t it?” said Mrs. Crowe softly, as she began to go down the stairs...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 6
This touched upon an exciting subject to active members of that parish. Miss Binson and Mrs. Crowe belonged to opposite parties and liad at...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 5
The women looked at each other in silence; the magnitude of the generous sacrifice was almost too great for their comprehension.
“She was just poor...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 4
“Some of`em came to our house, I know,” said Miss Binson. “She`d lake a lot o` trouble to please a child, `stead o` shoving...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 3
“She was the freest-handed woman that ever I knew,” said Mrs. Crowe, decidedly. “According to her means, she gave away more than anybody. I...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 2
Mrs. Crowe, on the contrary, was well to do, her husband being a rich farmer and an easy-going man. She was a stingy woman,...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 1
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)
Sarah Orne Jewett was born at South Berwick, Maine, in 1849. She was one of the leading exponents of New England...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 2
I will give you either an arm or a leg, whichever shall best please you, and which shall be made over to you as...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 1
Anonymous: Late 16th Century
The author of the socalled Chapbook of Dr. Faust was in all probability a Lutheran pastor. The first known edition appeared...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 3
So they stopped and called Howleglass in a great passion, inquiring what vile work he had been doing, and swore and threatened dreadfully. Just...
