The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Oasis in the Desert

Campbell, Lizzie. "The Oasis in the Desert." New York Saturday Press, February 14, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A young, strange girl is mesmerized by a passing stranger. She runs into him again a few years later and realizes that she loves him. Unfortunately, he is already married, and he leaves to avoid any more damage.