Supply and Demand part 5
“`I conquered `em, spectacularly,` goes on King Shane, `and then I’ went at `em with economical politics, law, sleight-of-hand, and a kind of New...
Supply and Demand part 4
“He leads me into the biggest house, and sets the chairs and a kind of a drink the color of milk. It was the...
Supply and Demand part 3
“After this man and me got through our conversation, which left him dry of information, I shook hands with him and told him I...
Supply and Demand part 2
“I heard it from a king,” said Finch “the white king of a tribe of Indians in South America.”
I was interested but not surprised....
Supply and Demand part 1
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862 1910)
William Sydney Porter who wrote under the pen-name “O. Henry” was born at Greensboro, N. C., in 1862....
The Old Bell-Ringer part 4
And there was his rich enemy, kneeling and praying to be forgiven for the many tears he had caused orphans to shed. He crossed...
The Old Bell-Ringer part 3
But the hour had come. Mikheyich looked once more at the stars, took off his cap, made the sign of the cross, and grasped...
The Old Bell-Ringer part 2
Where would he be a year hence? Would he again climb to this height, beneath the brass bell to awaken the slumbering night with...
The Old Bell-Ringer part 1
Vladimir Korolenko (1853-1921)
Korolenko spent a great part of his life in exile. Much of his writing is based on incidents gathered in Siberia. It...
Phrygian valley cradle
Cradle of Culture: Phrygian valley
On one side monumental tumuli, giant rock-carved reliefs, altars and cave dwellings, on the other fairy chimney formations like works...
