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The Tell-Tale Heart

TRUE! -nervous -very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the
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A Cosmopolite in a Cafe

At midnight the cafe was crowded. By some chance the little table at which I sat had escaped the eye of incomers, and two vacant chairs at it extended their arms with venal hospitality to the influx of patrons.And then a cosmopolite
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A Chaparral Christmas Gift

The original cause of the trouble was about twenty years in growing.At the end of that time it was worth it.Had you lived anywhere within fifty miles of Sundown Ranch you would have heard of it. It possessed a quantity of jet-black
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A Slander

Serge Kapitonich Ahineev, the writing master, was marrying his daughter to the teacher of history and geography. The wedding festivities were going off most successfully. In the drawing room there was singing, playing, and dancing. Waiters…
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He Lost His Father

Few days ago during a pleasant evening I was washing my car. Since the narrow alley doesn’t provide us enough room to park our vehicles, we park them on the sideways of the main street. While I was busy cleaning my car, a familiar face…
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