日期：2013-10-28 Surprises Is it pleasant? was the question Jill asked before she was fairly awake on Christmas morning. Yes, dear; as bright as heart could wish. Now eat a bit, and then I'll make you nice for the day's pleasure. I only hope it won't be too much for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 Secrets There were a great many clubs in Harmony Village, but as we intend to interest ourselves with the affairs of the young folks only, we need not dwell upon the intellectual amusements of the elders. In summer, the boys devoted themselves to ba... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 Ward No. 2 Things were not so gay in Ward No. 2, for Mrs. Pecq was very busy, and Jill had nothing to amuse her but flying visits from the girls, and such little plays as she could invent for herself in bed. Fortunately, she had a lively fancy, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 Ward No. 1 For some days, nothing was seen and little was heard of the dear sufferers, as the old ladies called them. But they were not forgotten; the first words uttered when any of the young people met were: How is Jack? Seen Jill yet? and all wai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 Two Penitents Jack and Jill never cared to say much about the night which followed the first coasting party of the season, for it was the saddest and the hardest their short lives had ever known. Jack suffered most in body; for the setting of the br... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 The Catastrophe Clear the lulla! was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sled... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 A Postscript My Dear S.: - As inquiries like your own have come to me from various friendly readers of the Sketches, I will answer them en masse and in printed form, as a sort of postscript to what has gone before. One of these questions was, Are th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-28 Off Duty My dear girl, we shall have you sick in your bed, unless you keep yourself warm and quiet for a few days. Widow Wadman can take care of the ward alone, now the men are so comfortable, and have her vacation when you are about again. Now do b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 A Night Being fond of the night side of nature, I was soon promoted to the post of night nurse, with every facility for indulging in my favorite pastime of owling. My colleague, a black-eyed widow, relieved me at dawn, we two taking care of the ward... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 A Day They've come! they've come! hurry up, ladies - you're wanted. Who have come? the rebels? This sudden summons in the gray dawn was somewhat startling to a three days' nurse like myself, and, as the thundering knock came at our door, I sprang up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 A Forward Movement As travellers like to give their own impressions of a journey, though every inch of the way may have been described a half a dozen times before, I add some of the notes made by the way, hoping that they will amuse the reader, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Obtaining Supplies I want something to do. This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the mat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Which? Uncle, I have discovered what girls are made for, said Rose, the day after the reconciliation of Archie and the Prince. Well, my dear, what is it? asked Dr. Alec, who was planking the deck, as he called his daily promenade（散步，舞会） up an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Peace-Making Steve, I want you to tell me something, said Rose to Dandy, who was making faces at himself in the glass, while he waited for an answer to the note he brought from his mother to Aunt Plenty. P'raps I will, and p'raps I won't. What is it... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Something To Do Whatever danger there might have been from the effects of that sudden chill, it was soon over, though, of course, Aunt Myra refused to believe it, and Dr. Alec cherished his girl with redoubled vigilance and tenderness for months aft... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 A Scare Brother Alec, you surely don't mean to allow that child to go out such a bitter cold day as this, said Mrs. Myra, looking into the study, where the Doctor sat reading his paper, one February morning. Why not? If a delicate invalid like yours... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Under The Mistletoe Rose made Phebe promise that she would bring her stocking into the Bower, as she called her pretty room, on Christmas morning, because that first delicious rummage loses half its charm if two little night-caps at least do not mee... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-09 Brother Bones Rose accepted her uncle's offer, as Aunt Myra discovered two or three days later. Coming in for an early call, and hearing voices in the study, she opened the door, gave a cry and shut it quickly, looking a good deal startled. The Doct... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-15 Fashion And Physiology Please, sir, I guess you'd better step up right away, or it will be too late, for I heard Miss Rose say she knew you wouldn't like it, and she'd never dare to let you see her. Phebe said this as she popped her head into the st... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-15 Good Bargains It was a rainy Sunday afternoon, and four boys were trying to spend it quietly in the liberry, as Jamie called the room devoted to books and boys, at Aunt Jessie's. Will and Geordie were sprawling on the sofa, deep in the adventures of... 阅读全文>>