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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
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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 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 a
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, page 1
by Lucy Maud Montgomery