The Girl and the Miser

They called her a "sensible" girl because she was an adept at household duties and never wasted thought on finery. This trait in her character appealed strongly to Greene, the village miser,... Read allThey called her a "sensible" girl because she was an adept at household duties and never wasted thought on finery. This trait in her character appealed strongly to Greene, the village miser, and he asked her hand in marriage. Then the young minister came on the scene, and her fir... Read allThey called her a "sensible" girl because she was an adept at household duties and never wasted thought on finery. This trait in her character appealed strongly to Greene, the village miser, and he asked her hand in marriage. Then the young minister came on the scene, and her first temptation assailed the girl, and out of the humdrum incidents of her life there arose ... Read all