The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 11
The society had sent him the books with thanks. The books came in the natural way; but at the first moment the old man...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 10
Whole weeks passed in this way, so that no one saw him and he saw no one. The only signs that the old man...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 9
Farther on, between Aspinwall and Panama, was a great forest over which every morning and evening hung a reddish haze of exhalations—a real tropical...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 8
From early morning a light eastern breeze brought a confused hum of human life, above which predominated the whistle of steamers. In the afternoon...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 7
If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 6
It is true that such modest happiness was his due; but he was so accustomed to disappointments that he thought of rest as people...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 5
He believed that some mighty and vengeful hand was pursuing him everywhere, on all lands and waters. He did not like, however, to speak...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 4
He was in truth like a ship whose masts, ropes, and sails had been broken and rent by a tempest, and cast from the...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 3
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...
The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall part 2
The task of finding a new keeper fell to the United States consul living in Panama, and this task was no small one: first,...
