The Easter Torch Part 8
The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had dis-appeared, was a spring-ring which Leiba held open with his left...
The Easter Torch Part 7
In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim prostrate on the ground, and Gheorghe, with heel upon his...
The Easter Torch Part 6
His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried to pour some good brandy out of a decanter; but...
The Easter Torch Part 5
Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with a bar of wood. He shook so that he could...
The Easter Torch Part 4
What followed must have undoubtedly filled the driver with respect. The young passengers were two students, one of philosophy, the other of medicine; they were returning to amuse themselves in their native town. They...
The Easter Torch Part 3
On the main road there was a good deal of traffic, an unceasing noise of wheels accompanied by -the rhythmic sound of horses` hoofs trotting upon the smooth asphalt.But suddenly the traffic stopped, and...
The Easter Torch Part 2
Leiba went to the town hall, then to the sub-prefecture to denounce the threatener, begging that he might be watched. The sub-prefect was a lively young man; he first accepted Leiba`s humble offering, then...
The Easter Torch Part 1
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 ?—1912)Caragiale first came to the attention of his country`s readers through the pages of Convorbiri Literare, a] literary periodical to which he contributed several short stories. Maiorescu, Roumania`s most distinguished...
Kazanlak – the town of the most beautiful among women, the rose
Holidays Bulgaria – Kazanlak – the town of the most beautiful among women, the rose…There is something in Kazanlak, which is not only the beautiful nature and the fascinating women. There is something which is...
How the Bosphorus was frozen in 1954
Curious EyesThe next day, it`s reported that the wind changed direction and the ices move rather to the shores of Sile and this fact lightens the Bosphorus. After that the ices quit the Bosphorus...
