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- 21:55, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,439) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 12. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>On the day following, the young husband bore his bride away to grace the prouder home that awaited her in New York; and affairs in our t...") (current)
- 21:55, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,217) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 11. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>The marriage of Delia Floyd was quite an event in our quiet town. It was celebrated at the house of her father, in the presence of a lar...") (current)
- 21:54, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+18,970) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 10. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>I attended Blanche Montgomery through her slow convalescence, and had many opportunities for observing her and her mother closely. The m...") (current)
- 21:54, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+19,096) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 9. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>It was between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, when I called again at the Allen House. An old colored servant, who had been in t...") (current)
- 21:54, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,680) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 8. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>The appearance, manner, and bearing of the two strangers impressed me strongly. The elder had evidently moved in refined and cultivated ...") (current)
- 21:53, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,888) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 7. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>The morning which broke after that night of storm, was serene and beautiful. The air had a crystal clearness, and as you looked away up ...") (current)
- 21:52, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,236) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 6. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>Delia Floyd was a girl of more than ordinary attractions, and it is not surprising that young Wallingford was drawn, fascinated, within ...") (current)
- 21:52, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,732) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 5. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>And now, reader, after this <em>long digression</em>, you can understand my <em>surprise </em>at seeing broad gleams of light reachin...") (current)
- 21:52, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,980) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 4. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>The excitement in the little town of Madisonville, when Jacob returned from Boston, and told his singular story, may well be imagined. T...") (current)
- 21:51, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,933) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 3. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>On the next morning, Colonel Willoughby plied the landlord with a few more questions about Captain Allen, and then, inquiring the direct...") (current)
- 21:50, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+9,832) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 2. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>One day, nearly two years after the birth of this second child, the quiet town of Madisonville was aroused from its dreams by a strange ...") (current)
- 21:50, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+21,145) . . N The Allen House CHAPTER 1. (Created page with "'''Back to The Allen House''' ---- <p>The rain had poured in torrents all day, and now, for the third time since morning, I came home — wet, uncomfortable and weary. I half...") (current)
- 21:49, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,131) . . N The Allen House (Created page with "'''Back to Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p><strong>The Allen House or, Twenty Years Ago, and Now</strong><br><br> The Allen House CHAPTER 1.<br> [[The Allen House CHAPTER ...") (current)
- 21:42, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,387) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 29. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>About the same hour that Edith entered the boys' ward of the children's hospital, Mr. Dinneford met George face to face in the street. The ...") (current)
- 21:42, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,083) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 28. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Every home for friendless children, every sin or poverty-blighted ward and almost every hovel, garret and cellar where evil and squalor shr...") (current)
- 21:42, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+19,210) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 27. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>For weeks the search for <em>Andy </em>was kept up with unremitting vigilance — but no word of him came to the anxious searchers. A few...") (current)
- 21:41, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+9,335) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 26. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Day after day Mr. Dinneford waited for the woman who was to restore the child of Edith — but she did not come. Over a week elapsed — bu...") (current)
- 21:40, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,632) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 25. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Nothing of all this was communicated to Edith. After a few weeks of prostration, strength came slowly back to mind and body, and with retur...") (current)
- 21:40, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,052) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 24. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>No other result than the one that followed could have been hoped for. The strain upon Edith was too great. After the funeral of her mother,...") (current)
- 21:39, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,296) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 23. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>As Edith glanced up, on arriving before their residence, she saw for a moment her mother's face at the window. It vanished like the face of...") (current)
- 21:39, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,970) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 22. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Edith's life, as we have seen, became lost, so to speak, in <em>charities</em>. Her work lay chiefly with <em>children</em>. She was acti...") (current)
- 21:28, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,759) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 21. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>"I take reproof to myself," said Mr. Dinneford. "As one of your board of managers, I ought to have regarded my position as more than a <em...") (current)
- 21:28, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+22,854) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 20. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>So the morning found them fast asleep. The man awoke first and felt the child against his bosom, soft and warm. It was some moments before ...") (current)
- 21:27, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+24,616) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 19. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Mr. Dinneford had become deeply interested in the work that was going on in Briar Street, and made frequent visits to the mission house. So...") (current)
- 21:26, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,916) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 18. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Mrs. <em>Hoyt</em>, alias <em>Bray</em>, found Pinky Swett — but she did not find the poor cast-off baby. Pinky had resolved to make it...") (current)
- 21:25, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,197) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 17. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>The police found Pinky Swett — but were not able to find the baby. Careful as they were in their surveillance, she managed to keep them o...") (current)
- 21:25, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,833) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 16. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>It was past midday when Mr. Dinneford returned home after his fruitless search. Edith, who had been waiting for hours in restless suspense,...") (current)
- 21:24, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,701) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 15. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>When Mr. Dinneford and the policeman sent by the mayor at his solicitation visited Grubb's court, the baby was not to be found. The room in...") (current)
- 21:24, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+22,266) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 14. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>On the next morning, after some persuasion, Edith consented to postpone her visit to Grubb's court until after her father had seen Mr. Paul...") (current)
- 21:23, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,428) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 13. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>As for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was still alive, and that her...") (current)
- 21:23, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,580) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 12. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>One morning, about two weeks later, Mr. Freeling did not make his appearance at his place of business as usual. At ten o'clock a clerk went...") (current)
- 21:22, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,786) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 11. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>For more than a week after Edith's call on Dr. Radcliffe, she seemed to take but little interest in anything, and remained alone in her roo...") (current)
- 21:22, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+19,337) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 10. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>"Who's that, I wonder?" asked Nell Peter as the dark, close-veiled figure glided past them on the stairs.<br><br> "Oh, she's a gambling-add...") (current)
- 21:21, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,834) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 9. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>The two girls, on leaving the "Hawk's Nest" with their plunder, did not pass from the narrow private alley into the small street at its ter...") (current)
- 21:21, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,490) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 8. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>For an hour Mrs. Bray waited the reappearance of Pinky Swett — but the girl did not come back. At the end of this time a package which ha...") (current)
- 21:21, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,891) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 7. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>For a short time the sounds of cruel exultation came over from Flanagan's — then all was still.<br><br> "Sal's put her mark on you," said...") (current)
- 21:20, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,809) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 6. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>A cold wet drizzling rain was beginning to fall when Pinky Swett emerged from the house. Twilight was gathering drearily. She drew her thin...") (current)
- 21:20, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+18,658) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 5. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>In the meantime, obeying the unwelcome summons, Mrs. Dinneford had gone to see <em>Mrs. Bray</em>. She found her in a small third-story ro...") (current)
- 21:19, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,527) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 4. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>Out of this <em>furnace</em>, Edith came with a new and purer spirit. She had been thrust in — a shrinking and frightened girl; but she ...") (current)
- 21:19, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,041) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 3. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>"It is a splendid boy," said the nurse as she came in with the new-born baby in her arms, "and as perfect as a bit of sculpture. Just look ...") (current)
- 21:18, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+24,342) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 2. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>The reception of young Granger was as cordial as Mrs. Dinneford chose to make it. She wanted to get near enough to study his character thor...") (current)
- 21:18, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+18,388) . . N Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 1. (Created page with "'''Back to Cast Adrift!''' ---- <p>A <em>baby </em>had come — but he was not welcome. Could anything be sadder?<br><br> The young mother lay with her white face to the wa...") (current)
- 21:17, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Cast Adrift! (current)
- 21:16, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,163) . . N Cast Adrift! (Created page with "'''Back to Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 1.<br> Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 2.<br> Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 3.<br> Cast Adrift! CHAPTER 4.<br> [[C...")
- 21:13, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,332) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 26. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>The newspapers on the next morning brought news of Mr. Congreve's death. He had lived only a few hours after the accid...") (current)
- 21:12, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,144) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 25. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>"Edith is there!" said Aunt Mary, as we read with undoubting clearness, the initials and figures "E C, 542." In the ar...") (current)
- 21:12, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,773) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 24. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>Tomorrow came, but not in sunshine. It opened on a day as dark as the previous one had been. Not a sign came to our tr...") (current)
- 21:12, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+16,309) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 23. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>In the early morning, I took a horse and buggy, and drove to the <em>Insane Asylum</em>, located about two miles from...") (current)
- 21:11, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,307) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 22. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>I did not think it well to alarm my wife, by repeating all the <em>threatening intimations </em>of Mr. Congreve. It ...") (current)
- 21:11, 17 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,782) . . N Our Neighbours in the Corner House CHAPTER 21. (Created page with "'''Back to Our Neighbors in the Corner House''' ---- <p>So much of the mystery was explained; but it brought us, as it were, into the very heart of an unfinished drama, or tr...") (current)
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