THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
October 6, 2019
The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been…
BAMBOO AND THE TURTLE
September 30, 2019
A party of visitors had been seeing the sights at Hsi Ling. They had just passed down the Holy Way…
The Storm by Kate Chopin
September 19, 2019
The leaves were so still that even Bibi thought it was going to rain. Bobint, who was accustomed to converse…
THE HATRED OF THE QUEEN - A Story of Burma
June 8, 2019
Most wonderful is the Irawadi, the mighty river of Burma. In all the world elsewhere is no such river, bearing…
THE NINTH VIBRATION
June 8, 2019
There is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of the most ancient tracks in the…
HOW GREAT IS THE GLORY OF KWANNON!
June 8, 2019
In Japan in the days of the remote Ancestors, near the little village of Shiobara, the river ran through rocks…
A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS
May 29, 2019
“A Pair of Silk Stockings” is a short story written by Kate Chopin. Published in 1897, the story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children.
MY OLD MAN
May 29, 2019
“My Old Man” is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway.The story tells of a boy named Joe whose father is a steeplechase Jockey, and is narrated from Joe’s point-of-view.
OUT OF SEASON
May 29, 2019
Short story written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1923 in Paris in the privately printed book, ‘Three Stories and Ten Poems’ .The story is about an expatriate American husband and wife who spend the day fishing, with a local guide.
UP IN MICHIGAN
May 29, 2019
Jim Gilmore came to Hortons Bay from Canada. He bought the blacksmith shop from old man Horton. Jim was short…