By:Albert Bigelow Paine Published By:Double9 Books
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The Lucky Piece A Tale Of The North Woods
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"The Lucky Piece: A Tale of the North Woods" is a short story written by Albert Bigelow Paine. The story is set in the Adirondack Mountains in late September. As the stagecoach comes down the hill, it passes by a little girl holding a saucer of berries. One of the passengers, a boy in the front seat, is struck by her appearance and asks the driver to stop. He gets out and offers to buy the berries, but realizes he has no money. Instead, he gives her his lucky Spanish silver coin, which he hopes will bring her luck. He tells her to keep the coin safe for him until he returns and promises to give her anything she wants in exchange for it. Will he come back? Is he going to get his lucky charm back? The story is a simple and heartwarming tale about a chance encounter between two children from different backgrounds. The story touches on themes of innocence, childhood, and the power of objects to hold sentimental value. "The Lucky Piece" is a nostalgic reminder of a simpler time and a heartwarming tale that has endured for over a century.
Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer who was born on July 10, 1861, and died on April 9, 1937. He is best known for his work with Mark Twain. Paine wrote in many different styles, such as poetry, comedy, and fiction. He was on the Pulitzer Prize Committee. Paine was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to a merchant named Mercy Coval Kirby Paine and a farmer named Samuel Estabrook Paine. When he was one, he moved to Bentonsport, Iowa, with his family. Paine went to school in Xenia, a town in southern Illinois where he lived from his early years until he was in his early twenties. His house in Xenia is still there. At age 20, he moved to St. Louis and went to school to learn how to be a photographer. After that, he opened a photography supply store in Fort Scott, Kansas. Paine moved to New York in 1895 and sold his business so he could write full-time. He spent a lot of his life in Europe, where he wrote two books about Joan of Arc.
