Rolling Stones

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1. A Dinner at ----*
   Sound and Fury Tictocq Tracked to Doom A Snapshot at the President An Unfinished Christmas Story The Unprofitable Servant Aristocracy Versu…
2. Fickle Fortune, or How Gladys Hustled
   An Apology Lord Oakhurst's Curse Bexar Scrip No. 2692 Queries and Answers Poems The Pewee Nothing to Say The Murderer Some Postscripts Two…
3. Letter: "A Young Man of Good Moral Character and
   an A No. 1 Druggist." "The Plunkville Patriot," April 2, 1895 The Rolling Stone, January 26, 1895 A Page from "The Plunkville Patriot" A Fr…
4. The Editor's Own Statement of His Aims
   INTRODUCTION This the twelfth and final volume of O. Henry's work gets its title from an early newspaper venture of which he was the head a…
5. The Dream
   This was the last work of O. Henry. The Cosmopolitan Magazine had ordered it from him and, after his death, the unfinished manuscript was f…
6. A Ruler of Men - (1)
   Written at the prime of his popularity and power, this characteristic and amusing story was published in Everybody's Magazine in August, 19…
7. A Ruler of Men - (2)
   "'Do ye see?' says O'Connor. 'She intends to encourage me sword to save her country.' "'It looks to me like an invitation to supper,' says…
8. The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear - (1)
   O. Henry thought this the best of the Jeff Peters stories, all the rest of which are included in "The Gentle Grafter," except "Cupid à la C…
9. The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear - (2)
   "Then the train rolled in, and a little woman in a gray dress, with sort of illuminating hair, slides off and looks around quick. And the B…
10. Helping the Other Fellow
    Originally published in Munsey's Magazine, December, 1908. "But can thim that helps others help thimselves!" Mulvaney. This is the story th…
11. The Marionettes - (1)
    Originally published in The Black Cat for April, 1902, The Short Story Publishing Co. The policeman was standing at the corner of Twenty-fo…
12. The Marionettes - (2)
    Doctor James looked at his watch. He could call half an hour his own, since before that time the old woman could scarcely return from her m…
13. The Marquis and Miss Sally
    Originally published in Everybody's Magazine, June, 1903. Without knowing it, Old Bill Bascom had the honor of being overtaken by fate the…
14. A Fog in Santone
    Published in The Cosmopolitan, October, 1912. Probably written in 1904, or shortly after O. Henry's first successes in New York. The drug c…
15. The Friendly Call - (1)
    Published in "Monthly Magazine Section," July, 1910. When I used to sell hardware in the West, I often "made" a little town called Saltillo…
16. The Friendly Call - (2)
    "Why, no, Mr. Ames," he said, after a while, "I can't make that deal. I'm awful thankful to you, though, for telling me about it. But I've…
17. Sound and Fury
    O. Henry wrote this for Ainslee's Magazine, where it appeared in March, 1903. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA Mr. PENNE . . . . . . An Author Miss LOR…
18. Tictocq
    These two farcical stories about Tictocq appeared in The Rolling Stone. They are reprinted here with all of their local references because,…
19. Tracked to Doom
    Or The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud 'Tis midnight in Paris. A myriad of lamps that line the Champs Elysées and the Rouge et Noir, cast th…
20. A Snapshot at the President
    This is the kind of waggish editorial O. Henry was writing in 1894 for the readers of The Rolling Stone. The reader will do well to remembe…
21. An Unfinished Christmas Story
    Probably begun several years before his death. Published, as it here appears, in Short Stories, January, 1911. Now, a Christmas story shoul…
22. The Unprofitable Servant - (1)
    Left unfinished, and published as it here appears in Everybody's Magazine, December, 1911. I am the richer by the acquaintance of four news…
23. The Unprofitable Servant - (2)
    From the uncertain cavity between Del Delano's hat brim and the lapels of his high fur coat collar came a thin puff of cigarette smoke and…
24. Aristocracy Versus Hash
    From The Rolling Stone. The snake reporter of The Rolling Stone was wandering up the avenue last night on his way home from the Y.M.C.A. ro…
25. The Prisoner of Zembla
    From The Rolling Stone. So the king fell into a furious rage, so that none durst go near him for fear, and he gave out that since the Princ…
26. A Strange Story
    From The Rolling Stone. In the northern part of Austin there once dwelt an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family consisted of J…
27. An Apology
    This appeared in The Rolling Stone shortly before it "suspended publication" never to resume. The person who sweeps the office, translates…
28. Lord Oakhurst's Curse
    This story was sent to Dr. Beall of Greensboro, N. C., in a letter in 1883, and so is one of O. Henry's earliest attempts at writing. I Lor…
29. Bexar Scrip No. 2692
    From The Rolling Stone, Saturday, March 5, 1894. Whenever you visit Austin you should by all means go to see the General Land Office. As yo…
30. Queries and Answers
    From The Rolling Stone, June 23, 1894. Can you inform me where I can buy an interest in a newspaper of some kind? I have some money and wou…
31. Poems
    This and the other poems that follow have been found in files of The Rolling Stone, in the Houston Post's Postscripts and in manuscript. Th…
32. The Pewee
    In the hush of the drowsy afternoon, When the very wind on the breast of June Lies settled, and hot white tracery Of the shattered sunlight…
33. Nothing to Say
    "You can tell your paper," the great man said, "I refused an interview. I have nothing to say on the question, sir; Nothing to say to you."…
34. The Murderer
    "I push my boat among the reeds; I sit and stare about; Queer slimy things crawl through the weeds, Put to a sullen rout. I paddle under cy…
35. Two Portraits
    Wild hair flying, in a matted maze, Hand firm as iron, eyes all ablaze; Bystanders timidly, breathlessly gaze, As o'er the keno board boldl…
36. A Contribution
    There came unto ye editor A poet, pale and wan, And at the table sate him down, A roll within his hand. Ye editor accepted it, And thanked…
37. The Old Farm
    Just now when the whitening blossoms flare On the apple trees and the growing grass Creeps forth, and a balm is in the air; With my lighted…
38. Vanity
    A Poet sang so wondrous sweet That toiling thousands paused and listened long; So lofty, strong and noble were his themes, It seemed that s…
39. The Lullaby Boy
    The lullaby boy to the same old tune Who abandons his drum and toys For the purpose of dying in early June Is the kind the public enjoys. B…
40. Chanson de Bohême
    Lives of great men all remind us Rose is red and violet's blue; Johnny's got his gun behind us 'Cause the lamb loved Mary too. Robert Burns…
41. Hard to Forget
    I'm thinking to-night of the old farm, Ned, And my heart is heavy and sad As I think of the days that by have fled Since I was a little lad…
42. Drop a Tear in This Slot
    He who, when torrid Summer's sickly glare Beat down upon the city's parched walls, Sat him within a room scarce 8 by 9, And, with tongue ha…
43. Tamales
    This is the Mexican Don José Calderon One of God's countrymen. Land of the buzzard. Cheap silver dollar, and Cacti and murderers. Why has h…
44. Letters - (1)
    Letter to Mr. Gilman Hall, O. Henry's friend and Associate Editor of Everybody's Magazine. "the Callie" Excavation Road Sundy. my dear mr.…
45. Letters - (2)
    The rest of this letter is lost AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 1885. Dear Dave: I received your two letters and have commenced two or three in repl…
46. Letters - (3)
    The Same SYDNEY PORTER. MR. J. O. H. COSGRAVE at this time editor of Everybody's Magazine. A letter to Gilman Hall, written just before the…