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Excerpt from A Good SamaritanHalf an hour later, to Reed waiting at his office in Broadway impatiently, there strolled in a good-looking and leisurely young man with black clothes on his back and peace and good-will on his face. Hope I haven't kept you waiting, Carty, he remarked in friendly tones. Plenty of time, isn't there?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotte...

Excerpt from Yellow ButterfliesThroughout this story there are sen tences and paragraphs quoted, taken bodily from a press account of the com ing of the American Unknown Soldier. If other sentences or phrases occur for which proper credit has not been given, it is because the story-teller's mind was so saturated with the beauty of this ao count that its wording seemed the inevi table form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds o...

Excerpt from His Soul Goes Marching On It was at the breakfast-table that the young secretary made his suggestion Because of cutting out Wellsville and Cherokee and the places between, sir, the secretary said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art tec...

Excerpt from Vive L'empereur Hostess as was the Baroness to her unknown guests. And it was a difficult business. The tall, fair-haired youngest of them, who spoke his ¿uent French a bit stin, alone seconded her gracious efforts to make friends of these four stran gers. The old officer was kindly but shy, and, moreover, nervous. As for the two who had come in to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and...

Excerpt from The Three Things: The Forge in Which the Soul of a Man Was TestedIS mother listened, staring out at H the colors of the August garden. She had heard such tirades before.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct t...

Excerpt from The Courage of the Commonplace The girl and her chaperon had been deposited early in the desirable second-story window in Durfee, looking down on the tree. Brant was a senior and a "Bones" man, and so had a leading part to play in the afternoon's drama. He must get the girl and the chaperon off his hands, and be at his business. This was "Tap Day." It is perhaps well to explain what "Tap Day" means, there are people who have not ...

Excerpt from Lifted Bandage He spoke in a suppressed tone as if waiting for, fearing something, as if longing to show sympathy, and the man stood and let himself be cared for, and then sat down again in the same unrestful, fixed attitude, gaz ing out again through the glittering panes into the stormy, tawny west sky. Miller came back and stood quiet, patient, in a few minutes the man seemed to become aware of him. About the Publisher Forgot...

Excerpt from Amici: A Christmas Greeting and a Reminder to the Class of Eighty-FourBack of him a woman ran down a path to the gate which he had left swinging, and latched it and stood a moment watching him. All his life he had looked into the distance, she considered. A smile came, for the woman loved him. She lingered, gazing at the tall figure with its air of distinction, its shabby clothes. A breeze lifted the loose hair, and she knew, thou...

Excerpt from A Lost Commander: Florence NightingaleLong years ago. A hundred and more Of them, but the red brick walls and gables and chimneys of Embley stood that June day in Hampshire, and had stood for two hundred years, as they stand to-day, a picture house set in garden and forest. Two thousand acres are of its domain now, some hundreds more than there were back in the eighteen-twenties, a few changes have been made, indoors and out, but ...

Excerpt from The Counsel Assigned That, s a pretty color, the old fel low said m the assured tone of one who had always found his smallest remarks worth while. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...

Excerpt from The Perfect Tribute Of the following day, the finished gentleman, the careful student, the heir of traditions of learning and breeding, of scholarly instincts and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct ...

Excerpt from Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 64: July, 1918 This development is worth reviewing. Long before 1845 the need of a naval school had been pointed out by more than one Secretary of the Nay, but the obstacles were formidable. To the mind of the older and more "practical" naval officer the notion of a naval school on land was preposterous. "As well teach a duck to swim in a garret, " he said. After this argument had been knocked out by th...

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Excerpt from Her CountryWith that she turned and came lightly towards them across the grass. What do you think? Is there any thing here fit to send mcivor?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ori...

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Excerpt from August FirstThe clerical collar as if they might tear it away. The alert figure swung across the room to the one win dow not wide open and the man pushed up the three inches possible. Whee he brought out again, boyishly, and thrust away the dusty vines that hung against the opening from the stone walls of the parish house close by He gasped, looked about as if in des perate need of relief, struck back the damp hair from his face. ...