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Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Unknown
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STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS

GERMANY AND NORTHERN EUROPE




CONTENTS

THE BIRD ON ITS JOURNEY, Beatrice Harraden
KOOSJE: A STUDY OF DUTCH LIFE, John Strange Winter
A DOG OF FLANDERS, Ouida
MARKHEIM, R. L. Stevenson
QUEEN TITA'S WAGER, William Black




THE BIRD ON ITS JOURNEY, By Beatrice Harraden


It was about four in the afternoon when a young girl came into the salon
of the little hotel at C---- in Switzerland, and drew her chair up to
the fire.

"You are soaked through," said an elderly lady, who was herself trying
to get roasted. "You ought to lose no time in changing your clothes."

"I have not anything to change," said the young girl, laughing. "Oh, I
shall soon be dry!"
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