Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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... GRAFT 79 · 97 111 123 X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM 137 · XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE 161 XII . SHOES XIII . SHIPS 174 · 187 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS . XV . DICKY XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR 199 220 237 XVII . Two RECALLS XVIII . THE ...
... GRAFT 79 · 97 111 123 X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM 137 · XI . THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE 161 XII . SHOES XIII . SHIPS 174 · 187 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS . XV . DICKY XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR 199 220 237 XVII . Two RECALLS XVIII . THE ...
Pagina 78
... graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting machine saved it for him once , and he always carried it around with him after- ward . " " Tell me about it , " demanded Johnny , betraying interest ...
... graft in this country that was the only thing of its kind in the world . The tooting machine saved it for him once , and he always carried it around with him after- ward . " " Tell me about it , " demanded Johnny , betraying interest ...
Pagina 79
O. Henry. VI THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT W HAT was this graft ? " asked Johnny , with the impatience of the great public to whom tales are told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly ...
O. Henry. VI THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT W HAT was this graft ? " asked Johnny , with the impatience of the great public to whom tales are told . " " Tis contrary to art and philosophy to give you the information , " said Keogh , calmly ...
Pagina 81
... hard - boiled eggs served with lettuce . There was a block of skyscraper mountains in the suburbs ; and they kept pretty quiet , like they had crept up there and were watching the town . And the sea 81 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
... hard - boiled eggs served with lettuce . There was a block of skyscraper mountains in the suburbs ; and they kept pretty quiet , like they had crept up there and were watching the town . And the sea 81 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
Pagina 83
... the Stars and Stripes around you when you come to be shot , and threaten them with the ven- geance of the greatest gold export and financial re- serve nation on earth . The flag is full of 83 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
... the Stars and Stripes around you when you come to be shot , and threaten them with the ven- geance of the greatest gold export and financial re- serve nation on earth . The flag is full of 83 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
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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,...