The Case of Jane Boyer
By the Author of ‘The Second Life,’ etc.,
I have followed the history of the kidnapping of the child, Charlie Ross,[1] and the efforts for his discovery, with peculiar interest, owing to the fact that, in the course of my own…
“An American Family”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
This account of an ordinary American family, its fortunes and its growth was given to me by one of its members. It is more significant because it is so commonplace. The story is true, except in two…
“A Middle-Aged Woman”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
The clock was pointing to six when Mrs. Shore and her son’s wife turned into a shaded street on their way home. The air blew sharply up from the sea. Mrs. Shore buttoned her fur cape and quickened her…
“In the Old Days”
I am going to tell you a true love story of the days when I was young, in order to show you a curious difference between that time and this. It seems to me that love and marriage counted for more in the life of Americans in those…
FROM DOOR TO DOOR
BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
During last winter there was an earnest movement among all the Protestant denominations in Philadelphia to unite in a great Evangelical work. The churches were open for daily service, and the public was…
THE HEAVENLY CALL
BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
The McCall farm lies at the head of Ninegemoose Creek, in one of the hill counties of Pennsylvania. Old Stenifer McCall, a sturdy blacksmith, headed a party of Scotch emigrants who found their way into the…
HEROISM UNTO DEATH
BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
Among the reports of havoc and suffering caused by the great storm, our readers may not have noted a piteous little incident which occurred on the Pennsylvania Railway. An express train, rushing through the…
Polly’s Religion
By Rebecca Harding Davis
There can be little doubt that if the people of Ball’s Ferry had been asked to decide which was the most pious family in their midst, they would unanimously have named the Demmings. They had long ago been…
THE CONDUCTOR’S STORY
BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
Good arable?[1] Yes, sir; and if you look at it in the way of scenery, it’s as pretty a bit of land as you’ll find in Kent county. That stretch now ahead. By the way, there was a queer thing happened on…
DANIEL PONGE’S SUCCESS
BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
Of all the members of the Third Church, Mrs. Clarkson Tate was the one whose religion took the most practical turn. Neither prayers nor music ever brought the tears to her cool gray eyes, and she…
