That Brute Simmons part 5
On the landing Ford clutched at his arm, and asked, in a hoarse whisper: “Ow long `fore she`s back?”“ `Bout a hour, I expect,”...
That Brute Simmons part 4
A man was loitering on the pavement, and prying curiously about the door. His face was tanned, his hands were deep in the pockets...
That Brute Simmons part 3
“Ho yus,” she retorted, “you`re very consid`rit I dessay sittin` there actin` a livin` lie before your own wife, Thomas Simmons, as though I...
That Brute Simmons part 2
Mrs. Simmons`s own virtues were native and numerous. She was a wonderful manager. Every penny of Tommy`s thirty-six or thirty-eight shillings a week was...
That Brute Simmons part 1
Arthur Morrison (1863-1945)
Arthur Morrison is one of the few writers of his period—for he belongs to the “School” of the Nineties—whose work is still...
The Story of Devadatta 2
A traveler
So he remained in the veranda of an almshouse near, and at night he suddenly beheld a woman descending with a rope from...
The Raising of Lazarus 1
The Raising of Lazarus (From the New Testament, John XI)
Though this story is part of the larger narrative of the Gospel of St. John,...
The Matron of Ephesus 1
Petronius (Died 66 A.D.)
Gaius Petronius Arbiter was born some time early in the First Century of the Christian era, and committed suicide in the...
The Jackal 1
The Jackal (Anonymous: 14th Century A.D., or earlier)
Nothing is known of the author of the Hitopadesa, a manual of didac-tic fables composed—on the basis...
The Book of Ruth 2
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her:—-“My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now...
