The Tell-Tale Heart Part 4
If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of...
The Tell-Tale Heart Part 3
When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little—a very, very little crevice...
The Tell-Tale Heart Part 2
Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch`s minute hand moves more quickly than did mine....
The Tell-Tale Heart Part 1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Poe was born at Boston in 1809, and left an orphan while still in his infancy. He was adopted by a...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 8
So, with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a week I inssed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 7
At midnight the storm abated, the rolling clouds parted, and the stars glittered keenly above the sleeping camp. Mr. Oakhurst, whose professional habits had...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 6
Tom Simson not only put all his worldly store at the disposal of Mr. Oakhurst, but seemed to enjoy the prospect of their enforced...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 5
As the shadows crept slowly up the mountain, a slight breeze rocked the tops of the pine trees and moaned through their long and...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 4
A horseman slowly ascended the trail. In the fresh, open face of the newcomer Mr. Oakhurst recognized Tom Simson, otherwise known as ‘”The. Innocent,”...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 3
The road to Sandy Bar a camp that, not having as yet experienced the regenerating influences of Poker Flat, consequently seemed to offer some...