Chapter IX AT half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. They said their prayers, and Sid was soon asleep. Tom lay awake and waited, in restless impatience. When it seemed to...
CHAPTER 4 OF THE PRESENT ABILITY OF AMERICA, WITH SOME MISCELLANEOUS REFLEXIONS I HAVE never met with a man, either in England or America, who hath not confessed his opinion, that a separation between...
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those...
Adventure I. Silver Blaze "I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. "Go! Where to?"...
MAKUTANO JUNCTION "NEW BEGINNINGS" It is with profound and unprecedented pleasure, joy and utmost appreciation... - No, Hannington! You need to make it more exciting! Use words that...
The Cookie I'm hungry, when are we eating? Saga, are you coming? Did you find anything? Who wants a cookie? Let go! I got to it first! I was first, give me the cookie! Forget it! Seriously,...
JACOB SOBOROFF: Hey, it's Jacob. We're at YouTube Space LA. Today we've got over a decade of selfies, a music video from the edge of space, and parkour couture. [GLASS...
CHAPTER VII Home Again Those first three weeks at Redmond had seemed long; but the rest of the term flew by on wings of wind. Before they realized it the Redmond students found themselves in the grind...
CHAPTER XVII I THERE are but three or four old houses in Floral Heights, and in Floral Heights an old house is one which was built before 1880. The largest of these is the residence of William...