THE EVE OF THE FOURTH
It was well on toward evening before this Third of July all at once made…
MY AUNT SUSAN
I HELD the lamp, while Aunt Susan cut up the Pig. The whole day had…
MARSENA I
Marsena Pulford, what time the village of Octavius knew him, was a slender and tall…
MARSENA II
Next to the War, the chief topic of interest and conversation in Octavius at this…
MARSENA III
A DAY or two later Battery G left Octavius for the seat of war. It…
MARSENA IV
During the fortnight or three weeks following the departure of Battery G it became clear…
MARSENA V
It was in this same May, not more than a week after the momentous episode…
MARSENA VI
It was a dark, soft, summer night in Virginia, that of the 1st of July.…
WAITING FOR A SHIP.
The Shipping Office in Tower Hill is a place where seamen, firemen, stokers, and others…
“TRY FOR HER IN FIFTY.”
The following extraordinary story was told to me some years ago by the commander of…