TEN MINUTE STORIES

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[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE]

TEN MINUTE
STORIES

By ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
AUTHOR OF “JOHN SILENCE” ETC.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
First Edition February 1914
Reprinted February 1914
All rights reserved

PREFATORY NOTE

The Author wishes to thank the Editors of the Morning Post, the Westminster Gazette, and Country Life for permission to reprint in this volume stories originally published in their papers.

CONTENTS

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[I.][ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT][1]
[II.][THE DEFERRED APPOINTMENT][12]
[III.][THE PRAYER][21]
[IV.][STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF A BARONET][32]
[V.][THE SECRET][43]
[VI.][THE LEASE][51]
[VII.][UP AND DOWN][59]
[VIII.][FAITH CURE ON THE CHANNEL][69]
[IX.][THE GOBLIN’S COLLECTION][76]
[X.][IMAGINATION][88]
[XI.][THE INVITATION][95]
[XII.][THE IMPULSE][103]
[XIII.][HER BIRTHDAY][111]
[XIV.][TWO IN ONE][116]
[XV.][ANCIENT LIGHTS][128]
[XVI.][DREAM TRESPASS][139]
[XVII.][LET NOT THE SUN——][152]
[XVIII.][ENTRANCE AND EXIT][162]
[XIX.][YOU MAY TELEPHONE FROM HERE][170]
[XX.][THE WHISPERERS][179]
[XXI.][VIOLENCE][189]
[XXII.][THE HOUSE OF THE PAST][202]
[XXIII.][JIMBO’S LONGEST DAY][211]
[XXIV.][IF THE CAP FITS——][219]
[XXV.][NEWS v. NOURISHMENT][229]
[XXVI.][WIND][238]
[XXVII.][PINES][245]
[XXVIII.][THE WINTER ALPS][252]
[XXIX.][THE SECOND GENERATION][260]