Vikrant Surya
Stories (4/0)
The Luck of Roaring Camp
There was upheaval in Thundering Camp. It could never have been a battle, for in 1850 that was not sufficiently novel to have assembled the whole settlement. The trenches and guarantees were abandoned, however "Tuttle's staple" had contributed its speculators, who, it will be recollected, tranquilly proceeded with their game the day that French Pete and Kanaka Joe shot each other to death over the bar in the receiving area. The entire camp was gathered before an impolite lodge on the external edge of the clearing. Discussion was carried on in a low tone, yet the name of a lady was much of the time rehashed. It was a name recognizable enough in the camp,- - "Cherokee Sal."
By Vikrant Surya8 months ago in Fiction
The Gift of the Magi
One dollar and 87 pennies. That was all. Also, sixty pennies of it was in pennies. Pennies saved each and two in turn by demolishing the food merchant and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks ignited with the quiet attribution of stinginess that such close managing suggested. Multiple times Della counted it. One dollar and 87 pennies. What's more, the following day would be Christmas.
By Vikrant Surya8 months ago in Fiction