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Title: The Alchemist's Secret

Author: Isabel Cecilia Williams

Release Date: September 9, 2006 [EBook #19224]

Language: English

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THE ALCHEMIST'S SECRET
BY
ISABEL CECILIA WILLIAMS

P. J. KENEDY & SONS
44 BARCLAY STREET, NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1910,
BY
P. J. KENEDY & SONS.

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CONTENTS
PAGE

THE PASSING OF TONY 11
THE TRAMP 27
"HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY" 42
A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS MORNING 58
NANCY'S TALE 72
PATSY 88
THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE 103
THE ELEVENTH HOUR 116
THE STORY OF JULIE BENOIT 130
PETER 150
GOD'S WAY 165

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THE PASSING OF TONY.

"Last mail in, Mis' Bascomb?"

"Last mail's in, Tony."

"Be there anything for me to-night?"

Widow Bascomb knew perfectly well there was not, but she reached for a
small pile of letters in a pigeonhole on her right and glanced over them
rapidly. Her sour visage and rasping voice softened perceptibly as she
smiled on the little old man before her.

"Sorry, Tony, there's nothing for you to-night."

"Thank you, Mis' Bascomb, p'raps it'll come to-morrow," and Tony turned
away with a sigh and moved towards the door.

A group of men were gathered around the stove, smoking and exchanging
the gossip of the town. These greeted him