Paris had just heard of the disaster of Sedan. The Republic was proclaimed. All France was panting from a madness tha
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"It is necessary to act, not to hesitate. Minutes now are worth hours at other times. Everything depends upon pr
When he was within a few steps of the building the doors at the two extremities, affording an entrance to two schools
The doctor demanded with stirring voice: "A little silence, if you please." And after the populace became q
What was to be done? What was there that would move this people and bring about a definite victory in opinion? His ha
Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting. From room to room they went, hand in hand, lifting here, opening th
A child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other
However, the child could not always be near. At night, when he was asleep, his dark-brown friend would raise from som
Society called him Handsome Signoles. His name was Viscount Gontran-Joseph de Signoles. An orphan, and possessed
The gentleman replied with a single word, a vile word which rang across the cafe from one end to the other, and, like
He was attacked by this doubt, this uneasiness, this terror; suppose a force more powerful than himself, masterful, i
"He will see that I am afraid." He did not ring; he lit the fire. His hands shook a little, with a nerv
"Pardon us," interposed the Marquis, "if we merely come in and leave again immediately, but we have a
You are driving to school. You look up to see a pretty, hot air balloon. Whoa! You almost went through a stop sign! I
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