Category: Short Stories
PAGE A Friend of Napoleon. . . . . . . 1 A Reputation. . . . . . . . . . 35 Son of a Sloganeer. . . . . . . . 63 The Wronging of Edwin Dell. . . . . 98 The Unfamiliar. . . . . . . . . 138 A House in the Country. . . . . . 163 Shoes. . . . . . . . . . . . 184 The Prince Has the...
“It’s fearfully slow work,” he said. “Sometimes I think I’ll never make it. Sometimes I fear that the house is a mirage that can never be reached. But I conquer these fits of de...
8. Part 8“Kees me hagain, kees me hagain, Kees me hagain, and hagain. Kees me hagain, kees me hagain, Kees me hagain and hagain, Kees me hagain, kees me hagain, Kees me, kees me, hagain!”
11. Part 11“Yes, I felt that only a king full of blue blood could possibly knight a fellow properly. However, on the night before the ceremony I drank a magnum of champagne, and then made...
2. Part 2Dully and with an aching breast Papa Chibou went to his room down by the Roman arena. He packed his few clothes into a box. Last of all he slowly took from his cap the brass bad...
7. Part 7“I see it all now,” said Edwin Dell, his voice the voice of one utterly crushed. “The veil lifts from my eyes. I’m just a man girls forget. You have drained the cup of pleasure,...
12. Part 12Always he found a ready welcome at the Home Trench. Mrs. Wilmerding was so gracious, and Peggy Sturgis so interested and so eager that he should feel at home. And there were man...
13. Part 13“Help me, O bloody war spirit, to strangle my enemy, Curly Bear, even as I strangle this serpent. Give me the strength to mash him, smash him, scalp him and cut him into very sm...
6. Part 6Edwin had it drawn forcibly to his attention that this woman was outrageously pretty in a bold, obvious way. She had adventurous green eyes and an insinuating mouth; her lips we...
10. Part 10That made sixty-six inches of prince, for Ernest was a rather pretty boy of medium stature, with a pink, almost waxen complexion, blond hair impeccably parted, and a brow as unr...
1. Part 1PAGE A Friend of Napoleon. . . . . . . 1 A Reputation. . . . . . . . . . 35 Son of a Sloganeer. . . . . . . . 63 The Wronging of Edwin Dell. . . . . 98 The Unfamiliar. . . . . ....
5. Part 5“But, Bowser, don’t you recall that our Doctor Butterfield worked out in the laboratory that the Human Eye Can Only Rivet on Seven Words at Once? Your slogan has nine. If you co...
3. Part 3“I have,” he said gravely. Then, with a touch of mystery, added, “And I haven’t.” He hoped they would probe no further. But the Heterogeneous Club is composed of inveterate prob...
14. Part 14It took Ug three days, seven pens, two bottles of ink—one spilled—two smeared shirts and much grunting to answer the questions, but answer them he did. He mailed the letter and...
4. Part 4He stood looking down into the cool, clear water. Then he raised his head and drew the fresh air into his lungs, and expelled it with a sigh. How well he felt! Slowly from an in...
15. Part 15On his return from his honeymoon, Hervey Deyo threw himself into his bird labors at the Museum with energy; he was a bird man, even a first-class bird man, and so far his ambiti...