King Solomon of Kentucky part 10
A mysterious feeling of terror crept over and helped to sober him. How long had he lain asleep? By degrees he seemed to remember...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 9
He, too, had attended M. Xaupi`s ball, in his own way and in his proper character, being drawn to the place for the pleasure...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 8
He turned and moved slowly away in the direction of Water Street, where she lived; and she, taking up her basket, shuffled .across the...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 7
She was dressed with perfect neatness. A red and yellow Madras kerchief was bound about her head in a high coil, and another was...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 6
In one corner of his sensual mouth rested the stump of a cigan. Once during the proceedings he had produced another, lighted it, and...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 5
“Thank you!” cried the sheriff, cheerily. “One precinc` heard from ne dollah! I am offahed one dollah foh ole King Sol`mon. One dollah the...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 4
“Stop, gentlemen, stop!” cried the sheriff, who had watched the rising tide of good-humor, and now saw his chance to float in on it...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 3
He stood on the topmost of the courthouse steps, and for a moment looked down on the crowd with the usual air of official...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 2
Down on Water Street, near where now stands a railway station, Hugh Lonney, urging that the fear of cholera was not the only incentive...
King Solomon of Kentucky part 1
James Lane Allen (1849-1925)
James Lane Allen was born near Lexington, Ky., in 1849. He was largely self-educated, and began writing at a comparatively early...
