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"The Irish Girl"
A young Irish servant is in love with a man whose father will not let him marry her because she is a “Paddy girl.” The young woman drowns, shortly after learning of her beloved's decision to marry a non-Irish woman. Her brother vows revenge, but…
"The Patch-Work Quilt"
An elderly Black woman's story of a patchwork quilt that was sewn during the thirty years she worked in the home of a White family.
"New York Fountains and Astor Baths"
A sketch describing public fountains and art in New York City.
Truth Versus Fiction
The narrator is encouraged to abandon fiction and to write about real life, and tells the stories of two village women who passed in the previous year.
Saturday Night
A mother tells her children a bedtime story about a mysterious Friend who gives children precious gifts, and teaches a lesson about gratitude and prayer.
Our Robins
The narrator spends time with her dying friend and the friend's young son, sharing a love of flowers and birds, and reflecting on the habits of robins and their similarities to human beings.
The Good Son
After a father's financial loss, his young son secretly works as a gardener while at boarding school to help earn money for his family.
The Deformed Boy
A poor young boy, whose legs have been affected by rickets, attracts the attention and charity of kind friends due to his good humor and virtue.