Rolling Stones

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1. Author of “The Four Million,” “The Voice of the City,” — “The Trimmed Lamp,” “Strictly Business,” — “Sixes and Sevens,” etc
   1919 O. Henry, Afrite-Chef of all delight— Of all delectables conglomerate That stay the starved brain and rejuvenate The Mental Man! The æ…
2. 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 and front. On…
3. 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…
4. 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, 1…
5. A Ruler of Men (2)
   “‘No doubt,’ says I. ‘But could you lick six? And suppose they hurled an army of seventeen against you?’ “‘Listen,’ says O’Connor, ‘to what…
6. 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…
7. The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear (2)
   “‘I know it,’ says I. ‘And I’ll bet you his pictures are on valentines, and fool men are his game, red and white.’ “‘You win on the red,’ s…
8. 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…
9. 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-…
10. The Marionettes (2)
    Than that situation afforded, there was never a more rigorous test of Doctor James’s greatness. Trapped by the diabolic humor of his victim…
11. 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…
12. 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 dru…
13. The Friendly Call
    \Published in “Monthly Magazine Section,” July, 1910.\ When I used to sell hardware in the West, I often “made” a little town called Saltil…
14. A Dinner at ––––
    \The story referred to in this skit appears in “The Trimmed Lamp” under the same title—“The Badge of Policeman O’Roon.”\ The Adventures of…
15. 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 Lore — An A…
16. Tictocq
    \These two farcical stories about Tictocq appeared in The Rolling Stone. They are reprinted here with all of their local references because…
17. A Successful Political Intrigue
    Chapter I It is not generally known that Tictocq, the famous French detective, was in Austin last week. He registered at the Avenue Hotel u…
18. 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…
19. 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 rememb…
20. 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 sho…
21. 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 ne…
22. The Unprofitable Servant (2)
    “Forget it,” said Delano. “Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays of every week from now till amateur night, a month off, I’ll coach y…
23. Aristocracy Versus Hash · The Prisoner of Zembla · A Strange Story
    Aristocracy Versus Hash \From The Rolling Stone.\ The snake reporter of The Rolling Stone was wandering up the avenue last night on his way…
24. Fickle Fortune or How Gladys Hustled · An Apology · Lord Oakhurst’s Curse
    Fickle Fortune or How Gladys Hustled \From The Rolling Stone.\ “Press me no more Mr. Snooper,” said Gladys Vavasour-Smith. “I can never be…
25. 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…
26. Queries and Answers · Poems
    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 h…
27. Some Postscripts
    Two Portraits Wild hair flying, in a matted maze, Hand firm as iron, eyes all ablaze; Bystanders timidly, breathlessly gaze, As o’er the ke…
28. 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…
29. Letters (2)
    Take four nickels, and solder them together so the solder will not appear. Then cut out of three of them a square hole like this: (Illustra…
30. An Early Parable (1)
    \In one of his early letters, written from Austin, O. Henry wrote a long parable that was evidently to tell his correspondent some of the l…
31. An Early Parable (2)
    It seems to me that you ought to do better with it out there than you could here. If you can get somebody out there to publish it it ought…
32. The Story of “Holding up a Train”
    \In “Sixes and Sevens” there appears an article entitled “Holding Up a Train.” Now the facts were given to O. Henry by an old and dear frie…