Chapter 3 After a time, among the holiday-makers, there came a little old man who was bent and lame, and very feeble. He was in no guise for feasting; he was very poorly and miserably clad, and he dragged his silent way slowly through the dust among the pleasure-seekers. He looked at Patrasche, paused, wondered, […]
Chapter 2 A dog of Flanders—yellow of hide, large of head and limb, with wolf-like ears that stood erect, and legs bowed and feet widened in the muscular development wrought in his breed by many generations of hard service. Patrasche came of a race which had toiled hard and cruelly from sire to son in
Chapter 1 Nello was an orphaned boy. His parents had died when he was very small. He had nobody to look after him. One day he was wandering in the streets near his settlement. All of a sudden, he chanced to see a dog which seemed to be all alone like him. He went near
Chapter 10 One fine morning, Mr Merton was agreeably surprised by a visit from Mr Barlow, who came accidentally to see him, with a perfect ignorance of all the great events which had so recently happened.Mr Merton received this worthy man with the sincerest cordiality; but there was such a gloom diffused over all his
Chapter 9 However, Master Mash’s courage began to rise as he went home, and found himself farther from his formidable farmer; for he assured his companions, “that, if he had not been so vulgar a fellow, he would certainly call him out and pistol him.”The next day at dinner Mr Merton and the ladies, who
Chapter 8 And now the time arrived when Tommy was by appointment to go home and spend some time with his parents. Mr Barlow had been long afraid of this visit, as he knew he would meet a great deal of company there, who would give him impressions of a very different nature from what
Chapter 7 Mr Barlow smiled at this question, and answered, “The room is generally so crowded, that people have little opportunity for any kind of conversation. They walk round the room in a circle, one after the other, just like horses in a mill. When persons meet that know each other, they perhaps smile and
Chapter 6 Tommy.—That is true, indeed, sir; I wish I had just such a globe.Mr Barlow.—Well, just such a globe I will endeavour to procure you.Tommy.—Sir, I am much obliged to you, indeed. But of what use is it to know the stars?Mr Barlow.—Were there no other use, I should think there would be a
Chapter 5 Some few days after this conversation, when the snow had nearly disappeared, though the frost and cold continued, the two little boys went out to take a walk. Insensibly they wandered so far that they scarcely knew their way, and therefore resolved to return as speedily as possible; but unfortunately, in passing through
Chapter 4 Some time had now elapsed since the seeds of the wheat were sown, and they began to shoot so vigorously that the blade of the corn appeared green above the ground, and increased every day in strength. Tommy went to look at it every morning, and remarked its gradual increase with the greatest
Chapter 3 Once little Harry came in from his father’s house, and brought with him the chicken, which, it had been mentioned, he had saved from the claws of the kite. The little animal was now perfectly recovered of the hurt it had received, and showed so great a degree of affection to its protector,
Once, a hunter was passing by a dense forest. He had his gun with him. When he was a little deep in the forest, he saw a pigeon perched on a branch of a tree.He aimed at the pigeon and was about to pull the trigger when a snake from nowhere came behind him and
Chapter 2 As Mr Merton said this with a certain degree of firmness, and the proposal was in itself so reasonable and necessary, Mrs Merton did not make any objection to it, but consented, although very reluctantly, to part with her son. Mr Barlow was accordingly invited to dinner the next Sunday, and Mr Merton
Chapter 1 In the western part of England lived a gentleman of great fortune, whose name was Merton. He had a large estate in the Island of Jamaica, where he had passed the greater part of his life, and was master of many servants, who cultivated sugar and other valuable things for his advantage. He
Once upon a time, there lived a farmer. He was very practical and was aware that key to prosperity in life was only hard work and sincerity. Without hard work a life had no meaning. So, he had worked very hard throughout his life, and amassed quite a lot of wealth. He wished that his