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He believed that some mighty and vengeful hand was pursuing him everywhere, on all lands and waters. He did not like, however, to speak of this; only at times, when someone asked him whose...

He was in truth like a ship whose masts, ropes, and sails had been broken and rent by a tempest, and cast from the clouds to the bottom of the sea—a ship on which...

Falconbridge took the paper and began to read.“H`m! Skavinski? Is that your name? H`m! Two flags captured in a bayonet attack. You were a gallant soldier.”“I am able to be a conscientious lighthouse keeper.”It...

The task of finding a new keeper fell to the United States consul living in Panama, and this task was no small one: first, because it was absolutely necessary to find a man within...

PolandIntroductionPolish literature begins a thousand years ago, but until towards the middle of the last century there is very little prose fiction, and probably no single short story of outstanding merit.The history of Po-...

The Doctor closed his lips suddenly as if he had said something he had not intended to say.“Nonsense. It`s none of my business. One has eyes and brains and one sees things, and comprehends...

“Old witch Rebek,” he said. “She lives two doors away from the Gals.”The Doctor handed her two silver florins.“I am in love with a woman, and I`d like something that would make her love...

“You`ll have to pay the three hundred, you know, whether I amputate your arm or not. It would be wasting money not to have the operation. It only takes five minutes.”“Well, you can prescribe...

“Oh, leave me alone,” he said as though he were tired of so much talk; turned to the wall, and closed his eyes.The Doctor was quite unprepared for such stubbornness. He left the room...

This was absolutely untrue. John Gal had never said a word; never even mentioned the bite unless he was asked, and even then he was extremely curt. He lay on his bed indifferent and...