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Rolling Stones

Front Page...................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5
The Dream...................................................................................................................................... 9
A Ruler Of Men ........................................................................................................................... 12
The Atavism Of John Tom Little Bear...................................................................................... 27
Helping The Other Fellow .......................................................................................................... 37
The Marionettes........................................................................................................................... 44
The Marquis And Miss Sally ...................................................................................................... 55
A Fog In Santone ......................................................................................................................... 64
The Friendly Call......................................................................................................................... 71
A Dinner At –––– [3] ................................................................................................................. 80
Sound And Fury .......................................................................................................................... 88

Tictocq .......................................................................................................................................... 92 A Successful Political Intrigue............................................................................................ 92

Tracked To Doom...................................................................................................................... 100
A Snapshot At The President ................................................................................................... 107
An Unfinished Christmas Story ............................................................................................... 112
The Unprofitable Servant ......................................................................................................... 116
Aristocracy Versus Hash .......................................................................................................... 125
The Prisoner Of Zembla ........................................................................................................... 127
A Strange Story ......................................................................................................................... 129
Fickle Fortune Or How Gladys Hustled.................................................................................. 131
An Apology................................................................................................................................. 135
Lord Oakhurst's Curse ............................................................................................................. 136
Bexar Scrip No. 2692................................................................................................................. 139
Queries And Answers................................................................................................................ 148
Poems.......................................................................................................................................... 152
Some Postscripts ........................................................................................................................ 156

Letters ............................................................................................................................. 163 AN EARLY PARABLE ................................................................................................... 173 THE STORY OF "HOLDING UP A TRAIN".............................................................. 184

Footnotes .................................................................................................................................... 188

Front Page

O. Henry, Afrite-Chef of all delight— 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