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... HI miK- -nm illlL ^IITI nut him Iiur TI1II I j A Day with the Wild Stag. r I By ARTHUR 0. FISHER I In the bleared memories of many seasons there are certain days that stand out clear cut above the mist of time, and one of those which is miraged in my memory is the day on which I accompanied my young friend, Bobbie, on his first day with the stag hounds. Knowing much of the wildness of the ...

... I THE FLYER. II There were two of them in the north-west division and they hailed from that portion of the world which produces the nucleus of American immigrants --Ireland. Ivennedv, the elder of the pair, was a man of herculean stature, and his head being adorned with a A mass of tousled fiery-red hair he was known to all his comrades as Ginger. His character may be 5 delineated if we say ...

... y/y-/'/ vS\\^xS.v^JC 1 w I I ONE GOOD TURN. ft M 14 CO A Short Story By LUCY NICHOLSON. 0 Along grey country road, and rain-- straight falling, merciless rain. A boy strode along in the mud, his scout's uniform sodden with rain. He swung his hat in his hand, and his curly red hair made one bright spot of colour in the greyness of the waning autumn afternoon. |a Suddenly he turned and peered ...

... Readers who closely follow Antarctic exploration will find the following issues of The Sphere of special interest 1911: January 14 Captain Scott's departure from New Zealand on the Terra Nova, p. 25 January 2i- A Special Supplement showing how Captain Scott intended to attack the South Pole March 4 Taking Captain Scott's motor sledges on the Terra Nova, p. viii April 1 News of Captain ...

... JV By Wymond Carey- C 1-1 A PTE R XXVII. --con tin ucd Andrè very quietly kissed her hands and re moved her cloak. The peace and happiness his self-sacrifice had already brought him showed in his eyes that love had by its own divine alchemy created for him a new heaven and a new earth. He could face the future with a tranquil confidence and bliss that surprised himself. Mon cher, madame ...

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... By Robert W. Chambers This Story was begun in the issue of September 22 PART XVII. It was Mortimer's inclination, except in theory, to keep silent, partly because of his native inertia and unwill ingness to go to the physical and intellectual exertion of being a rascal, partly because he didn't want to be a rascal of that sort. Like a man with premonitions of toothache, who walks down to the ...

... I . I For my part, quoth Mrs. Bates pouring out tea, I look upon the postman as a harbinger of woe. Uncle Bob cutting ham at the sideboard laughed. You've never lived in Australia forty miles from the nearest post office. You appreciate the mail there if nowhere else. I've seen fellows hanging about waiting for the mail, and their disappointed faces when there was nothing for them made you ...

... 1 I V mm S3 j ft We pay ten guineas for every short story accepted for this page. The stories must be between 2,000 and 3,000 ivords in length. Whether written by the must distinguished ft ft novelist or by the most obscure the story will be published anonymously. All stories submitted must be addressed The Story Editor, Ihe Sphere, and must be typewritten. ft ft If not accepted the ...

... 1 t w 8 We pay ten guineas for every short story accepted for this page. Whether written by the most distinguished novelist or by the most obscure the story xvill be published anonymously. All stories submitted must be addressed The Story Editor, The Sphere A 8 Silence! commanded the usher, glancing in a threatening manner towards the public gallery. 5^1 Silence echoed an inspector, ft A ...

... UNDER THE CHERRY TREE. II. An Evening Out the Further Adventures of Mr. Wantage Amongst the Lotus Eaters By PETEE TEAHEE I was bored; as a rule at half-past eleven at night I am hardly sleepy. But the evening had been a sorry failure, for Lady Anning had disappointed me at the last moment. A solitary dinner had not improved my prospects very much, and a new kalei doscopic novel had rendered me ...