Various - "Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914"

Andrew Lang - "In the Wrong Paradise"

H. Irving Hancock - "Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point"

Frederic S. Isham - "Half A Chance"

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"Nancy," said her brother, with real horror in his tone, "you talk as if
you wanted her to fail."

"I do. I do, of course."

"Why? Do you hate her?"

Nancy nodded. "Yes, I hate her now. I didn't used to."

"It seems to me this is just the moment to admire her. It may be foolish,
but surely what she has done is noble, Nancy."

The hall door opened and simultaneously the door of the motor, and Nancy,
putting out one foot, said over her shoulder:

"Oh, Ned, what a goose you are! Don't you know any woman would have done
what she's done, if she had the chance--the real chance?"

She ran up the steps and into her house, leaving her brother staring
after her in amazement.