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The Voice Of The City
Twenty-five years ago the school children used to chant their lessons. The manner of their delivery was a singsong recitative between the u…
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The Complete Life Of John Hopkins
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection…
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A Lickpenny Lover
There, were 3,000 girls in the Biggest Store. Masie was one of them. She was eighteen and a saleslady in the gents' gloves. Here she became…
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Dougherty's Eye-Opener
Big Jim Dougherty was a sport. He belonged to that race of men. In Manhattan it is a distinct race. They are the Caribs of the North strong…
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"Little Speck In Garnered Fruit"
The honeymoon was at its full. There was a flat with the reddest of new carpets, tasselled portières and six steins with pewter lids arrang…
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The Harbinger
Long before the springtide is felt in the dull bosom of the yokel does the city man know that the grass-green goddess is upon her throne. H…
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While The Auto Waits
Promptly at the beginning of twilight, came again to that quiet corner of that quiet, small park the girl in gray. She sat upon a bench and…
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A Comedy In Rubber
One may hope, in spite of the metaphorists, to avoid the breath of the deadly upas tree; one may, by great good fortune, succeed in blackin…
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One Thousand Dollars
"One thousand dollars," repeated Lawyer Tolman, solemnly and severely, "and here is the money." Young Gillian gave a decidedly amused laugh…
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The Defeat Of The City
Robert Walmsley's descent upon the city resulted in a Kilkenny struggle. He came out of the fight victor by a fortune and a reputation. On…
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The Shocks Of Doom
There is an aristocracy of the public parks and even of the vagabonds who use them for their private apartments. Vallance felt rather than…
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The Plutonian Fire
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact w…
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Nemesis And The Candy Man
"We sail at eight in the morning on the Celtic," said Honoria, plucking a loose thread from her lace sleeve. "I heard so," said young Ives,…
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Squaring The Circle
At the hazard of wearying you this tale of vehement emotions must be prefaced by a discourse on geometry. Nature moves in circles; Art in s…
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Roses, Ruses And Romance
Ravenel Ravenel, the traveller, artist and poet, threw his magazine to the floor. Sammy Brown, broker's clerk, who sat by the window, jumpe…
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The City Of Dreadful Night
"During the recent warmed-over spell," said my friend Carney, driver of express wagon No. 8,606, "a good many opportunities was had of obse…
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The Easter Of The Soul
It is hardly likely that a goddess may die. Then Eastre, the old Saxon goddess of spring, must be laughing in her muslin sleeve at people w…
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The Fool-Killer
Down South whenever any one perpetrates some particularly monumental piece of foolishness everybody says: "Send for Jesse Holmes." Jesse Ho…
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Transients In Arcadia
There is a hotel on Broadway that has escaped discovery by the summer-resort promoters. It is deep and wide and cool. Its rooms are finishe…
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The Rathskeller And The Rose
Miss Posie Carrington had earned her success. She began life handicapped by the family name of "Boggs," in the small town known as Cranberr…
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The Clarion Call
Half of this story can be found in the records of the Police Department; the other half belongs behind the business counter of a newspaper…
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Extradited From Bohemia
From near the village of Harmony, at the foot of the Green Mountains, came Miss Medora Martin to New York with her color-box and easel. Mis…
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A Philistine In Bohemia
George Washington, with his right arm upraised, sits his iron horse at the lower corner of Union Square, forever signaling the Broadway car…
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From Each According To His Ability
Vuyning left his club, cursing it softly, without any particular anger. From ten in the morning until eleven it had bored him immeasurably.…
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The Memento
Miss Lynnette D'Armande turned her back on Broadway. This was but tit for tat, because Broadway had often done the same thing to Miss D'Arm…