Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 59
... entered , opened it and stepped inside . Madama had returned downstairs from her jour- ney above to see after the comfort of her lodgers . Her candle stood upon the bar . She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having ...
... entered , opened it and stepped inside . Madama had returned downstairs from her jour- ney above to see after the comfort of her lodgers . Her candle stood upon the bar . She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having ...
Pagina 60
... entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was signified in ...
... entered and closed the door behind him . If that was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme fatigue was signified in ...
Pagina 62
... entered this room at a venture . Had I entered the other I would have had it before me now . Do you want it in words ? The gentleman in Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who ...
... entered this room at a venture . Had I entered the other I would have had it before me now . Do you want it in words ? The gentleman in Number 10 has betrayed a great trust . He has robbed his people of a large sum , and it is I who ...
Pagina 96
... with him as a souvenir , " remarked the consul . “ Not as a souvenir , " said Keogh . " He'll need two of ' em in New York , running day and night . " T VII MONEY MAZE HE new administration of Anchuria entered 96 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
... with him as a souvenir , " remarked the consul . “ Not as a souvenir , " said Keogh . " He'll need two of ' em in New York , running day and night . " T VII MONEY MAZE HE new administration of Anchuria entered 96 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
Pagina 97
O. Henry. T VII MONEY MAZE HE new administration of Anchuria entered upon its duties and privileges with en- thusiasm . Its first act was to send an agent to Coralio with imperative orders to recover , if pos- sible , the sum of money ...
O. Henry. T VII MONEY MAZE HE new administration of Anchuria entered upon its duties and privileges with en- thusiasm . Its first act was to send an agent to Coralio with imperative orders to recover , if pos- sible , the sum of money ...
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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,...