Istanbul

Amongst the temptations of the city, the contents of my purse soon vanished, and I found myself at last possessed of more wit than fortune. I applied for assistance to those who had assisted...

“And pray, may I ask whether you belong to any profession?” said the original querist.“No other,” replied the other, or younger, “than running like a hare, leaping like a deer, or using a pair...

The scanty remains of a shirt of the color of chamois leather partly adorned the neck and shoulders of the younger; while his companion had remedied the inconvenience of such a deficiency by the...

Miguel Cervantes (1547-1616)Cervantes` is the most brilliant name in all Spanish literature. He lived a life of romance and adventure and misery. Author of one of the greatest of all romances, Don Quixote, he...

Petrick prosecuted his inquiries elsewhere; and the upshot of his labors was, briefly, that a comparison of dates and places showed irrefutably that his poor wife`s assertion could not possibly have foundation in fact....

The crisis came at last. One night, after having enjoyed the boy`s company for hours, he could no longer bear that his beloved Rupert should be dispossessed, and he committed the felonious deed of...

It was in the peculiar disposition of the Petrick family that the satis-faction which ultimately settled in Timothy`s breast found nourishment. The Petricks had adored the nobility, and plucked them at the same time....

As the child grew up, Timothy`s attachment to him grew deeper, till Rupert became almost the sole object for which he lived. There had been enough of the family ambition latent in him for...

Timothy had scarcely noticed the unfortunate child that his wife had borne, after arranging for a meager fulfilment of his promise to her to take care of the boy, by having him brought up...

Timothy Petrick, though a quick-feeling man, was not of a sort to show nerves outwardly; and he bore himself as heroically as he possibly could do in this trying moment of his life. That...