A Tide in the Affairs of Men
Vivenot, miser, old and helpless, lives in an attic. Little Jessie, daughter of the landlord of the house, is good to him. In her visits to the attic, Jessie has seen a bag of money and jewe... Read allVivenot, miser, old and helpless, lives in an attic. Little Jessie, daughter of the landlord of the house, is good to him. In her visits to the attic, Jessie has seen a bag of money and jewels, which the miser tucks away in a hidden cranny of the chimney. Dying, the old miser nam... Read allVivenot, miser, old and helpless, lives in an attic. Little Jessie, daughter of the landlord of the house, is good to him. In her visits to the attic, Jessie has seen a bag of money and jewels, which the miser tucks away in a hidden cranny of the chimney. Dying, the old miser names Jessie as his heir, but her father and the lawyer find only a few pennies in the box. T... Read all