Sixes and Sevens

SIXES AND SEVENS


BY

O. HENRY

Author of “The Four Million,” “The Voice of the City,” “The Trimmed Lamp,” “Strictly Business,” “Whirligigs,” Etc.

Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911


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COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY



COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY STREET & SMITH
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY ESS ESS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1904, BY PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY S. S. MCCLURE COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY MILLER PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1903, 1904, BY FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1904, I910, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1910, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

CONTENTS

    PAGE
I. The Last of the Troubadours 3
II. The Sleuths 21
III. Witches’ Loaves 32
IV. The Pride of the Cities 38
V. Holding Up a Train 46
VI. Ulysses and the Dogman 64
VII. The Champion of the Weather 74
VIII. Makes the Whole World Kin 81
IX. At Arms with Morpheus 88
X. The Ghost of a Chance 95
XI. Jimmie Hayes and Muriel 108
XII. The Door of Unrest 117
XIII. The Duplicity of Hargraves 133
XIV. Let Me Feel Your Pulse 154
XV. October and June 174
XVI. The Church with an Overshot Wheel 178
XVII. New York by Campfire Light 197
XVIII. The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes 204
XIX. The Lady Higher Up 214
XX. The Greater Coney 220
XXI. Law and Order 227
XXII. Transformation of Martin Burney 250
XXIII. The Caliph and the Cad 258
XXIV. The Diamond of Kali 265
XXV. The Day We Celebrate 275

SIXES AND SEVENS


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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