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- 20:30, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+16,332) . . N How to Be Happy 1. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Old Mr. Cleveland sat by his comfortable fireside one cold winter's night. He was a widower, and lived alone on his pl...") (current)
- 20:29, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur
- 20:27, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,924) . . N How to Be Happy'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> I will give you several good maxims which may help you to become happier than you would be without knowing them. But...") (current)
- 20:26, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,198) . . N The Town Lot'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Once upon a time, it happened that the men who governed the municipal affairs of a certain growing town in the West, ...") (current)
- 20:25, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,929) . . N Words'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "The foolish thing!" said my Aunt Rachel, speaking warmly, "to get hurt at a <em>mere word</em>. It's...") (current)
- 20:25, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,322) . . N Mother'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>When she changed worlds — what was she to others? A small old, feeble woman. 'What was she to us?' A radiant, smilin...") (current)
- 20:24, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,343) . . N Number Twelve'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> When I was a young man, working at my trade as a mason, I met with a severe injury by falling from a scaffolding plac...") (current)
- 20:24, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+29,021) . . N The Portrait!'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Could anything be more perfect, than that likeness of his sweet, innocent face? Dear little Willie! I fear I lov...") (current)
- 20:23, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+30,310) . . N Thistle-down'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> There is no time like these clear September nights, after sunset, for a revery. If it is a calm evening, and an inten...") (current)
- 20:22, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,962) . . N Unredeemed Pledges'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> [Editor's note: An <em>unredeemed pledge</em> is an item which the borrower has not claimed back, because he or she...") (current)
- 20:22, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,458) . . N Aunt Mary's Suggestion'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p><em>"John!" </em>Mr. Belknap spoke in a firm, rather authoritative voice. It was evident that he anticipate...") (current)
- 20:21, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,500) . . N Arthur Leland'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Arthur Leland was a young lawyer of some twenty-seven years of age. His office stood a stone's throw from the court-ho...") (current)
- 20:20, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,061) . . N The Scarlet Poppy'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> One warm morning in June, just as the sun returned from his long but rapid journey to the distant east, and sailed ma...") (current)
- 20:20, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+31,048) . . N The White Dove'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> The little <em>Lina </em>opened her eyes upon this world in the arms of her father, the good <em>Gotleib</em>. He ...") (current)
- 20:19, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,583) . . N Have a Flower in Your Room'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>A <em>fire</em> in winter — a <em>flower</em> in summer! If you can have a fine <em>picture</em> all the year ...") (current)
- 20:18, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,150) . . N Water'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> God is the author of all our blessings. There is no truth, perhaps, to which we are more ready to give our assent tha...") (current)
- 20:18, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,173) . . N What Can I Do?'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>He was a poor cripple — with fingers twisted out of all useful shape, and lower limbs so paralyzed, that he had to d...") (current)
- 20:17, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,114) . . N The Two Invalids'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> The chamber in which the sick woman lay, was furnished with everything which <em>taste </em>could desire, or <em>c...") (current)
- 20:16, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,785) . . N The Love Secret'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "<em>Edward</em> is to be in London next week," said Mrs. Ravensworth; "and I trust, Edith, that you ...") (current)
- 20:16, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,195) . . N Retirement'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Always busy and always singing at your work; you are the <em>happiest </em>man I know." This was said by the c...") (current)
- 20:15, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,613) . . N The Fatal Error'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> <em>"Clinton!" </em>said Margaret Hubert, with a look of supreme <em>contempt</em>. "Don't speak of...") (current)
- 20:15, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+19,121) . . N A Good Name'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Two boys, named Jacob Peters and Ralph Gilpin were passing along Chestnut Street one evening about ten years ago,...") (current)
- 20:14, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+21,036) . . N Owe No Man Anything'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>(author unknown)<br><br> Thus says the Apostle Paul — and if those who are able to "owe no man anything&...") (current)
- 20:13, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,490) . . N My Washerwoman'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Some people have a singular reluctance to part with money. If waited on for a bill, they say, almost involuntarily, &q...") (current)
- 20:13, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+26,817) . . N The Grandfather's Advice'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> It was a golden sunset, which was fondly gazed upon by an old man on whose broad brow the history of <em>seventy </...") (current)
- 20:12, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,760) . . N My Fortune's Made'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> My young friend, Cora Lee, was a mirthful, dashing girl, fond of <em>dress</em>, and looking always as if, to use a...") (current)
- 20:11, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,890) . . N The Touching Reproof'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Here, Jane," said a father to his little girl not over eleven years of age, "go over to the store and ...") (current)
- 20:10, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,933) . . N A Gleam of Sunshine'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>'''A Gleam of Sunshine on the Path of a Money-lender'''<br><br> Mr. Edgar was a money-lender, and had no scruples in e...") (current)
- 20:08, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+24,475) . . N The Neglected One'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "I never was a favorite;<br /> My mother never smiled<br /> On me with half the tenderness<br /> ...") (current)
- 20:07, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+18,998) . . N No Time for Trouble'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Mrs. Caldwell was so <em>un</em>fortunate as to have a rich husband. Not that the possession of a rich husband is to...") (current)
- 20:06, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,381) . . N Quarrels with Neighbors'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>(author unknown)<br><br> Most people think there are cares enough in the world, and yet many are very industrious...") (current)
- 20:05, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,225) . . N The Old Village Church'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Twenty years! Yes, twenty years had intervened since I left the pleasant village of Brookdale, and not once during al...") (current)
- 20:03, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+22,813) . . N Had I Been Consulted'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "He's too <em>independent </em>for me!" said Matthew Page. "Far too independent. Had I been consulte...") (current)
- 20:02, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,848) . . N The Mistakes of a Rising Family'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Mr. Minturn was a <em>rising </em>man; that is, he was gaining money and reputation in his profession. That he felt ...") (current)
- 20:02, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20,419) . . N Both are to Blame'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Of course, <em>both </em>are to blame."<br><br> "Of course. You may always set that down as certai...") (current)
- 20:01, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Returning Good for Evil'. (current)
- 20:01, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6,980) . . N Returning Good for Evil'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Obadiah Lawson </em>and <em>Watt Dood </em>were neighbors; that is, they lived within a half mile of each other, a...")
- 20:00, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,879) . . N The Hermit!'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> A traveler was once passing through a great wilderness, in which he supposed no human being dwelt. But, while riding ...") (current)
- 19:59, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,993) . . N Not as Our Ways'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "All His ways are in mercy," said the minister. "Do not forget that, my sister." They were the pa...") (current)
- 19:59, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6,651) . . N We Are Led by a Way That We Know Not'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "Remember how the LORD your God <em>led </em>you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you an...") (current)
- 19:58, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+5,777) . . N The Dead'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>It is strange what a change is wrought in one hour by <em>death</em>. The moment our friend is gone from us forever ...") (current)
- 19:57, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,230) . . N Three Scenes in the Life of a Woldling'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "It is in vain to urge me, brother Robert. Out into the world I must go. The impulse is on me. I would die of i...") (current)
- 19:57, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+31,360) . . N Paying the Pastor'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"<em>Money, money, money! </em>That's the everlasting cry! I just won't go to church — I'll stay at home and r...") (current)
- 19:56, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+9,968) . . N The Life to Come'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Thank God for the life to come!" said a pale, sad-looking woman, in a voice marked fretfulness and desponde...") (current)
- 19:55, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,073) . . N Kind Words'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>We have more than once, in our rapidly written reflections, urged the habit and propriety of <em>kindness</em>, <em>...") (current)
- 19:54, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,352) . . N A Visit with the Doctor'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"How are you today, Mrs. Carleton?" asked Dr. Farleigh, as he sat down by his patient, who reclined languidl...") (current)
- 19:54, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+21,827) . . N I'll See About It'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Mr. Easton sat alone in his counting-room one afternoon, in a most comfortable frame, both as regards mind and body. A...") (current)
- 19:53, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+29,534) . . N Human Life'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Benjamin Parker was not as <em>thrifty </em>as some of his neighbors. He could not "get along in the world.&quo...") (current)
- 19:52, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,523) . . N Dressed for a Party'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>A lady sat reading. She was so absorbed in her book as to be nearly motionless. Her face, in repose, was serious, almo...") (current)
- 19:51, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,944) . . N A Penny Saved, Is a Penny Gained'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Saving? Don't talk to me about saving!" said one journeyman mechanic to another. "What can a man with ...") (current)
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