L. M. Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664119087
Table of Contents
An Invitation Given on Impulse ToC
Miss Calista's Peppermint Bottle ToC
The Story of an Invitation ToC
The Way of the Winning of Anne ToC
Short Stories 1896 to 1901
| A Case of Trespass | 1897 |
| A Christmas Inspiration | 1901 |
| A Christmas Mistake | 1899 |
| A Strayed Allegiance | 1897 |
| An Invitation Given on Impulse | 1900 |
| Detected by the Camera | 1897 |
| In Spite of Myself | 1896 |
| Kismet | 1899 |
| Lillian's Business Venture | 1900 |
| Miriam's Lover | 1901 |
| Miss Calista's Peppermint Bottle | 1900 |
| The Jest that Failed | 1901 |
| The Pennington's Girl | 1900 |
| The Red Room | 1898 |
| The Setness of Theodosia | 1901 |
| The Story of An Invitation | 1901 |
| The Touch of Fate | 1899 |
| The Waking of Helen | 1901 |
| The Way of Winning Anne | 1899 |
| Young Si | 1901 |
A Case of TrespassToC
It was the forenoon of a hazy, breathless day, and Dan Phillips was trouting up one of the back creeks of the Carleton pond. It was somewhat cooler up the creek than out on the main body of water, for the tall birches and willows, crowding down to the brim, threw cool, green shadows across it and shut out the scorching glare, while a stray breeze now and then rippled down the wooded slopes, rustling the beech leaves with an airy, pleasant sound.
Out in the pond the glassy water creamed and shimmered in the hot sun, unrippled by the faintest breath of air. Across the soft, pearly tints of the horizon blurred the smoke of the big factory chimneys that were owned by Mr. Walters, to whom the pond and adjacent property also belonged.
Mr. Walters was a comparative stranger in Carleton, having but recently purchased the factories from the heirs of the previous owner; but he