True Stories
NEARER THAN HE THOUGHT
I was reading, some time ago, of a young man who had just come out of a saloon, and had mounted his horse. As a certain…
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True Stories
A FATHER'S NEGLECT
A story has gone the round of the American press that made a great impression upon me as a father. A father took his li…
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CHASING HIS SHADOW
When I was a little boy I tried to catch my shadow. I don’t know if you were ever so foolish; but I remember running af…
BABY'S FEEDING HIMSELF
“Baby’s Feeding Himself!” You know it is always regarded a great event in the family when a child can feed itself. It i…
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PEACE DECLARED
Peace Declared When France and England were at war once a French vessel had gone off on a long whaling voyage. When the…
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HE TRUSTED HIS FATHER
He Trusted his Father A party of gentlemen in Scotland wanted to get some eggs from a nest on the side of a precipice, …
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AFFLICTION
AFFLICTION. A Child Visits Abraham Lincoln, and Saves the Life of a Condemned Soldier. During the war I remembe…