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 Trespass

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 had been in charge long enough to establish a reputation for
sternness and inflexibility in all his business dealings.

One or two of his employees, who had been discharged by him on what
they deemed insufficient grounds, helped to deepen the impression that
he was an unjust and arbitrary man, merciless to all offenders, and
intolerant of the slightest infringement of his cast-iron rules.

Dan Phillips had been on the pond ever since sunrise. The trout had
risen well in the early morning, but as the day wore on, growing
hotter and hotter, they refused to bite, and for half an hour Dan had
not caught one.

He had a goodly string of them already, however, and he surveyed them
with satisfaction as he rowed his leaky little skiff to the shore of
the creek.

"Pretty good catch," he soliloquized. "Best I've had this summer, so
far. That big spotted one must weigh near a pound. He's a beauty.
They're a good price over at the hotel