Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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... PHONOGRAPH AND 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 ...
... PHONOGRAPH AND 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 ...
Pagina 78
... phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger had a 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 ...
... phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger had a 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 ...
Pagina 79
... phonograph . " Me and Henry Horsecollar brought the first phonograph to this country . Henry was a quarter- breed , quarter - back Cherokee , educated East in the idioms of football , and West in contraband whisky , and a gentleman ...
... phonograph . " Me and Henry Horsecollar brought the first phonograph to this country . Henry was a quarter- breed , quarter - back Cherokee , educated East in the idioms of football , and West in contraband whisky , and a gentleman ...
Pagina 80
... phonograph scheme . He had $ 360 which came to him out of a land allotment in the reservation . I had run down from Little Rock on account of a dis- tressful scene I had witnessed on the street there . A man stood on a box and passed ...
... phonograph scheme . He had $ 360 which came to him out of a land allotment in the reservation . I had run down from Little Rock on account of a dis- tressful scene I had witnessed on the street there . A man stood on a box and passed ...
Pagina 81
... phonograph . They have the artistic temperament . They yearn for music and colour and gaiety . They give wampum to the hand - organ man and the four - legged chicken in the tent when they're three months behind with the grocery and the ...
... phonograph . They have the artistic temperament . They yearn for music and colour and gaiety . They give wampum to the hand - organ man and the four - legged chicken in the tent when they're three months behind with the grocery and the ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg Dicky Doctor Gregg dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag Frank Goodwin friends Geddie graft grass Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native navy never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores republic Rosine sail says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile Smith smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla
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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,...