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EBOOK GREAT STORY-TELLERS ***


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HALF-HOURS
WITH
GREAT STORY TELLERS.
_ARTEMUS WARD, GEORGE MACDONALD,
MAX ADELER, SAMUEL LOVER,
AND OTHERS._

1891


CONTENTS.

GREY DOLPHIN _Richard Harris Barham_
MOSES, THE SASSY _Artemus Ward_
MR. COLUMBUS CORIANDER'S GORILLA
THE FATE OF YOUNG CHUBB _Max Adeler_
BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-TREE INN _Charles Dickens_
THE ENTHUSIAST IN ANATOMY _John Oxenford_
"THE LIGHT PRINCESS" _George Macdonald_
LEGEND OF THE LITTLE WEAVER _Samuel Lover_


GREY DOLPHIN.

"He won't--won't he? Then bring me my boots," said the Baron.
Consternation was at its height in the castle of Shurland--a catiff had
dared to disobey the Baron; and--the Baron had called for his boots!
A thunderbolt in the great hall had been a _bagatelle_ to it.
A few days before, a notable miracle had been wrought in the
neighborhood; and in those times miracles were not so common as they
are now; no royal balloons, no steam, no railroads,--while the few
saints who took the trouble to walk with their heads under their arms,
or to pull the Devil by the nose, scarcely appeared above once in a
century:--so the affair made the greatest sensation.
The clock had done striking twelve, and the Clerk of Chatham was
untrussing his points preparatory to seeking his truckle-bed; a half-
emptied tankard of mild ale stood at his elbow, the roasted crab yet
floating on its surface.
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