Loves of Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories

Excerpt: "It was well along in the forenoon of a bitter winter''s day. The town of Eastport, in the state of Maine, lay buried under a deep snow that was newly fallen. The customary bustle in the streets was wanting. One could look long distances down them and see nothing but a dead-white emptiness, with silence to match. Of course I do not mean that you could see the silence—no, you could only he...