Zoe and Theodora part 59
140. At first the emperor treated the man with indifference. In fact, he only appeared at court every now and then after the ceremony...
The Lost Phcebe part 1
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
Theodore Dreiser came from the Middle West. For some years a journalist, he wrote his first novel, Sister Carrie, out of his...
The Lost Phcebe part 2
The orchard to the east of the house was full of gnarled old apple- trees, worm-eaten as to trunks and branches, and fully ornamented...
The Lost Phcebe part 3
Old Henry and his wife Phoebe were as fond of each other as it is possible for two old people to be who have...
The Lost Phcebe part 4
This usually reduced him to a state of somnolent ease. If she wanted a pail of water, it was a grumbling pleasure for him...
The Lost Phcebe part 5
I`ll get along now well enough. Yuh just let me be.” And after many pleadings and proffers of advice, with supplies of coffee and...
Zoe and Theodora part 48
The enemy then worked round to their rear and wiped them out to a man, some by the sword, others with their spears. Actually...
The Lost Phcebe part 6
By twelve o`clock of this particular night he was asleep, however, and by two had waked again. The moon by this time had shifted...
Zoe and Theodora part 49
117. After completing his arrangements and taking a fair number of prisoners, Tornicius retired to his own entrenchments in good order. For his part,...
The Lost Phcebe part 7
It was one of those little wisps of mist, one of those faint exhalations of the earth that rise in a cool night after...
