Rolling Stones
ROLLING STONES
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ROLLING STONES
BY
O. HENRY
Author of “The Four Million,” “The Voice of the City,” “The Trimmed Lamp,” “Strictly Business,” “Sixes and Sevens,” Etc.
PUBLISHED BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
FOR
REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO.
1915
Copyright, 1911, 1912, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
- COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1906, 1911, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY
- COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY AINSLEE MAGAZINE COMPANY
- COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY
- COPYRIGHT, 1910, 1912, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY
- COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION
O. HENRY
Of all delectables conglomerate
That stay the starved brain and rejuvenate
The Mental Man! The æsthetic appetite
So long enhungered that the “inards’’ fight
And growl gutwise—its pangs thou dost abate
And all so amiably alleviate,
Joy pats his belly as a hobo might
Who haply hath obtained a cherry pie
With no burnt crust at all, ner any seeds;
Nothin’ but crisp crust, and the thickness fit.
And squashin’-juicy, an’ jes’ mighty nigh
Too dratted, drippin’-sweet for human needs,
But fer the sosh of milk that goes with it.
Written in the character of “Sherrard
Plummer” by James Whitcomb Riley
By permission of James Whitcomb Riley and
his publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company
CONTENTS
| page | |
| Introduction | ix |
| The Dream | 3 |
| A Ruler of Men | 8 |
| The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear | 34 |
| Helping the Other Fellow | 53 |
| The Marionettes | 65 |
| The Marquis and Miss Sally | 84 |
| A Fog in Santone | 100 |
| The Friendly Call | 112 |
| A Dinner At ———* | 127 |
| Sound and Fury | 140 |
| Tictocq | 146 |
| Tracked to Doom | 157 |
| A Snapshot at the President | 167 |
| An Unfinished Christmas Story | 174 |
| The Unprofitable Servant | 181 |
| Aristocracy Versus Hash | 199 |
| The Prisoner of Zembla | 202 |
| A Strange Story | 205 |
| Fickle Fortune, or How Gladys Hustled | 207 |
| An Apology | 212 |
| Lord Oakhurst’s Curse | 213 |
| Bexar Script No. 2692 | 217 |
| Queries and Answers | 231 |
| The Pewee | 234 |
| Nothing to Say | 236 |
| The Murderer | 237 |
| Some Postscripts | 240 |
| A Contribution | 240 |
| The Old Farm | 241 |
| Vanity | 241 |
| The Lullaby Boy | 242 |
| Chanson de Bohême | 242 |
| Hard to Forget | 243 |
| Drop a Tear in this Slot | 245 |
| Tamales | 246 |
| Some Letters | 251 |
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This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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