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FALSE COURAGE. Emory was finishing his toilet the next morning when his servant knocked at the door, and, on entering, informed him that a man, giving his name as Jess Peleg, was waiting in the ante-…
A MOONLIGHT DRIVE. When Emory stepped into Maury’s buggy to drive the three or four miles into the country to Mrs. Dale’s summer home, he doubted not that he would see Gwendoline there. They had not …
“I KNOW YOU, GWENDOLINE.” “To-morrow night!” The theatre was packed. It was a benefit—Clovis’ last performance. All N—— shone forth in its best array to bid farewell, for at least a season, to a woma…
“WITHIN A WEEK.” A week went by. Clovis and her troupe were gone, and the theatre closed for the summer. She had not seen Neil before leaving, but no doubt they would meet again in New York, as they …
IN THE CITY OF VIOLETS. To believe that the woman who could rear and ride so spirited an animal as a thoroughbred stallion would swoon away as Gwendoline had done is a difficult matter. But such was …
“SOFT AS ZEPHYR.” And, even then, in the “City of Violets,” life went on; even then the soft waters flowed against the shore, or, going out to the ocean, carried upon their bosom the stately ships, l…
AT LAST. There came a bright and perfect day, followed by a night quite its equal. Had a petition been sent to the portals above, where the weather angel sat, there could not have come from him more …
