Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 71
... Atwood , of Dalesburg , Alabama , for a successor to Willard Geddie , resigned . Without prejudice to Mr. Atwood , it will have to be acknowledged that , in this instance , it was the man who sought the office . As with the self ...
... Atwood , of Dalesburg , Alabama , for a successor to Willard Geddie , resigned . Without prejudice to Mr. Atwood , it will have to be acknowledged that , in this instance , it was the man who sought the office . As with the self ...
Pagina 72
... Atwood , who lived in the big colonial mansion on the edge of Dalesburg . It would seem that the desirable Rosine should have been pleased to return the affection of an At- wood , a name honoured all over the state long before and since ...
... Atwood , who lived in the big colonial mansion on the edge of Dalesburg . It would seem that the desirable Rosine should have been pleased to return the affection of an At- wood , a name honoured all over the state long before and since ...
Pagina 73
O. Henry. in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an . Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic president . Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy . Johnny persuaded him to set the wheels moving ...
O. Henry. in his pedigree and heart . A Hemstetter refuse an . Atwood ! Zounds ! Among other accidents of that year was a Demo- cratic president . Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy . Johnny persuaded him to set the wheels moving ...
Pagina 74
... Atwood , of Dalesburg ; and you might know every thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of ...
... Atwood , of Dalesburg ; and you might know every thought conceived in his bosom . Geddie came down to the consulate to explain the duties and workings of the office . He and Keogh tried to interest the new consul in their description of ...
Pagina 75
... Atwood . " Sounds as if it could be stretched . I want to buy a new flag , a monkey , a guitar and a barrel of pineapples . Will that rubber account stretch over ' em ? " " That's merely statistics , " said Geddie , smiling . " The ...
... Atwood . " Sounds as if it could be stretched . I want to buy a new flag , a monkey , a guitar and a barrel of pineapples . Will that rubber account stretch over ' em ? " " That's merely statistics , " said Geddie , smiling . " The ...
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Pagina 51 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 209 - Hie old boy doesn't draw badly at all. But, ye goddesses of Art! listen to the monstrosity he expects me to paint. He wants himself in the centre of the canvas, of course. He is to be painted as Jupiter sitting on Olympus, with the clouds at his feet. At one side of him stands George Washington, in full regimentals, with his hand on the president's shoulder. An angel with outstretched wings hovers overhead, and is placing a laurel wreath on the president's head, crowning him — Queen of the May,...