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ONLY A PAGE OR SO. The transaction concluded, the two still remained seated, falling into familiar conversation, by degrees verging into that confidential sort of sympathetic silence, the last refine…
STORY OF THE UNFORTUNATE MAN, FROM WHICH MAY BE GATHERED WHETHER OR NO HE HAS BEEN JUSTLY SO ENTITLED. It appeared that the unfortunate man had had for a wife one of those natures, anomalously viciou…
THE MAN WITH THE TRAVELING-CAP EVINCES MUCH HUMANITY, AND IN A WAY WHICH WOULD SEEM TO SHOW HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST LOGICAL OF OPTIMISTS. Years ago, a grave American savant, being in London, observ…
WORTH THE CONSIDERATION OF THOSE TO WHOM IT MAY PROVE WORTH CONSIDERING. As the last chapter was begun with a reminder looking forwards, so the present must consist of one glancing backwards. To some…
AN OLD MISER, UPON SUITABLE REPRESENTATIONS, IS PREVAILED UPON TO VENTURE AN INVESTMENT. The merchant having withdrawn, the other remained seated alone for a time, with the air of one who, after havi…
A SICK MAN, AFTER SOME IMPATIENCE, IS INDUCED TO BECOME A PATIENT The sky slides into blue, the bluffs into bloom; the rapid Mississippi expands; runs sparkling and gurgling, all over in eddies; one …
TOWARDS THE END OF WHICH THE HERB-DOCTOR PROVES HIMSELF A FORGIVER OF INJURIES. In a kind of ante-cabin, a number of respectable looking people, male and female, way-passengers, recently come on boar…
INQUEST INTO THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE HERB-DOCTOR. "Sha'n't see that fellow again in a hurry," remarked an auburn-haired gentleman, to his neighbor with a hook-nose. "Never …
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. "Mexico? Molino del Rey? Resaca de la Palma?" "Resaca de la Tomba !" Leaving his reputation to take care of itself, since, as is not seldom the case, he knew…
REAPPEARANCE OF ONE WHO MAY BE REMEMBERED. The herb-doctor had not moved far away, when, in advance of him, this spectacle met his eye. A dried-up old man, with the stature of a boy of twelve, was to…
