Saksagan
The Substitute part 2
He said this openly, cynically, like a man. He was a little ragged street-arab, as tall as a boot, his forehead hidden under a...
The Substitute part 1
Frangois Coppee (1842—1908)
Coppee, the poet of the poor and humble, lived a long and uneventful life. His volumes of verse are characterized by qualities...
Adios Cordera Part 5
A few days later the separation took place; the butcher came and brought the money agreed upon. He was asked by Anton to take...
Adios Cordera Part 4
Anton de Chinta appreciated this in an indefinite way, and conse-quently said nothing to the children of the necessity for selling the cow.
One Saturday...
Adios Cordera Part 3
But the railway and telegraph furnished incidents of only short duration, and these were soon swallowed up in the sea of solitude which surrounded...
Adios Cordera Part 2
“La Cordera,” having lived to a mature age, was more matter-of- fact than her companions. She held aloof from contact with the world and...
Adios Cordera Part 1
Leopoldo Alas (1852-1901)
Alas, who often wrote under the pseudonym of “Clarin,” was born at Zamora. Studying first for the law, he went to Madrid,...
The Story of an Heir part 4
I should have told my reader, that whilst Florio lived at the house of his foster-father he was always an acceptable guest in the...
The Story of an Heir part 3
His affliction would have been insupportable, had not he been comforted by the daily visits and conversations of his friend. As they were one...
The Story of an Heir part 2
This makes me often think on a story I have heard of two friends, which I shall give my reader at large, under feigned...
