Best Short Stories, by

About this eBook

Compiler

Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934

Title

Best Short Stories

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jennifer Goslee and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Anecdotes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15667

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15667

Release Date

April 20, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BEST SHORT STORIES — A FOREWORD TO EVERYBODY — BEST SHORT STORIES — THE POINT OF HONOR — ALWAYS GET THE FACTS — CAN THIS BE TRUE? — NEW SERVANT-GIRL STORY — HE WAS BROAD MINDED — MISSED HIS CHANCE — GREAT RELIEF IN HEAVEN — UNCHANGEABLE — HE KNEW THE LAW — A SERMON ON THE WAR BY PARSON BROWN — "OVER HERE" — LIFE'S ETERNAL QUERY — HIGH FINANCE — MATRIMONIAL PROFUNDITY — THE NEW REGIME — WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS; — WHEN THE "S" FELL OUT — FULL PARTICULARS FREE — THEY WERE SO GLAD TO SEE HIM — HAD TO BE SETTLED — STILL UNBEATEN — ACCOUNTING FOR IT — HIS LACK — A REVISED CLASSIC — SCOTCH THRILLS — HIS APPLICATION — A CLINCHER — SMARTY — THE ECLIPSE TO ORDER — A CONNOISSEUR — NOURISHMENT — HAD HAD TREATMENT — HOW HE GOT THEM — CAESAR VISITS CICERO — WHY BE POLITE ANYWAY? — THE ARRIVAL OF WILHELM — IMMORTAL! — ORIENTAL POLITENESS — ALAS! TOO LATE! — WHO COULD TELL? — HE COULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT — GUILTY — ENVY — A GENTLE DISSOLUTION — A FUTILE EXPERIMENT — THEY MEANT TO BE PAID — A POSER — NO DANGER — MIGHT DRAW BUSINESS — SAFE — COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY — MANNA — SHE KNEW HIM — A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME — A FLATTERING EXPLANATION — DIDN'T SUIT HIM — ON HER NERVES — CASH — TOO MUCH — MISTAKEN IDENTITY? — THIS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO — HAD HEARD HIM BEFORE — HER DOMESTIC INSTINCTS — LAST RESORT — LOOKED THAT WAY — COMRADES — COMPARISON — "NEXT!" — MR. SUNSHINE AND MR. GLOOM — HER OWN — MARK TWAIN ON MILLIONAIRES — A MOVING TALE — HISTORICAL — MEMORIES — ECCLESIASTICAL DUES ENFORCED — STILL COMPANIONABLE — AN EASY ADJUSTMENT — APPRAISED — AN EASY MATTER — JEEMS HENRY WAS CONJURED. — KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY — NOT SO DIFFICULT — DESERVED THE LEGACY — IMPROVEMENT — WHY SHOULD HE KNOW? — ONE ON HIM — REVEALED — DIAGNOSING HIMSELF — IN OUR MELTING POT — GIVE HIM TIME — A BAY STATE SOLOMON — IN MEMORIAM — A DISADVANTAGE — THE LIFE — WELCOMING THE ACTOR — COULDN'T BE BOTHERED — THEIR "BIT" — MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN — DANGER SIGNALS — VULNERABLE — MISLEADING — A SOFT ANSWER — BALLS — JOE'S DIAGNOSIS — PURELY LITERARY — TOO FORWARD — OBEYING ORDERS — TABLE OF COMPARISON — KNEW HIS JOB — AN ANGLOMANIAC — YANKEE FODDER — ONE EXPLANATION — REMORSE — THE REAL CULPRIT — A MATTER OF NOMENCLATURE — "IT IS FORBIDDEN" — HER PRAYER — CAUTIOUS MOURNER — UNPREPARED BASE THREATENED — INCONSIDERATE — ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT — A HARD KNOCK — DURABLE — ACCURACY — HAD HIS RIGHTS — A READY-WITTED PARSON — A STOCK SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT — A DEEP ONE — PROVING IT — PRAYER OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS — MUCH SIMPLER — SILENT CONTEMPT — WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY? — HIS ULTIMATUM — A GIFTED YOUTH — IT HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS — GETTING EVEN — ARCHIE'S NECK — THEIR ONE TOPIC — PROBABLY RIGHT — UNRETURNED FAVORS — THE PROPER SPIRIT — EXPERIENCED — PERPETUAL MOTION — PRIDE IN THE DAILY TASK — DIDN'T WANT TO ROB HIM — HIS GENEROSITY — JOY OF EATING — TRY THIS — BARGAIN-COUNTER GOLF — UNEASY — PERFECTLY NATURAL — A DIPLOMAT — THE DIFFERENCE — WORSE! — THE TEUTON WAY — APPRECIATION — ALLEGRO — JUST ANSWERED — TOO LONG A SHOT — SENSITIVE — NO USE FOR IT — EFFECTIVE — GERMAN ARITHMETIC — A DIFFICULT PASSAGE — WHERE VERMONT SCORED — DOING UNTO HIS NEIGHBOR — THE LIMIT — NO TELLING — A RECORD BREAKER — EVIDENCE — A FUTURE STATESMAN — SMARTY! — HOW TO TELL A WELL-BRED DOG — TRY IT AND SEE — WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN — CONCLUSIVE — WHY NOT? — HOW COULD HE KNOW? — IN ADVANCE — NO FREE ADVERTISING — WHY NOT? — THE SAME OLD HOURS — WHY NOT? — FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING — THE MAN HE LEFT BEHIND — SOME SPEED — A DEEP-LAID PLAN — ONLY ONE THING FOR HIM — A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP — BLISSFUL IGNORANCE — GRATEFUL TO THE DOCTOR — HE MIGHT BE, BUT SHE WASN'T — A SPORTING PROPOSITION — THE PROPOSAL — KNEW MORE ABOUT HENS THAN HISTORY — CHARITY — ADVICE TO MABEL — NOT A NATIVE — HE GOT IT TWICE — TOO MUCH — THE DIGNITIES OF OFFICE — FAME — NO PEACE FOR HIM — BOILED — FORCED INTO IT — HOODOOED — SAFE DEPOSIT — THE MATTER WITH KANSAS — THE BETTER WAY — A HORSE PSYCHOLOGIST — STILL NOT SATISFIED — A COAXER — AUTOMATIC "EFFICIENCY" — THE WINNER — TAXED TO CAPACITY — GASTRONOMICAL — A LITERAL CENSOR — UP TO HIM — NOT IN THE TACTICS — A GUILTY CONSCIENCE — MAKING IT FIT — A LESSON IN MANNERS — AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR — CURIOSITY — THE SIMPLE POLITICAL LIFE — PIGTAILS AND MOUSTACHES — HIS SEARCH FOR THE PRACTICAL — HARD UP FOR WIND — HE KNEW BRYAN — HIS NEED — ALL OR NOTHING — BUSINESS IS BUSINESS — THE BOOTBLACK'S GENEROSITY — ON DUTY ELSEWHERE — THE KAISER'S LAST WORD — A REVISED CLASSIC—THE SLEEPING BEAUTY — SPECIALLY ENDOWED — NO JOQUE — ELIMINATION — HIS GREAT AMBITION — GUIDE — APPREHENDING THE KAISER — JUSTICE TO T. R. — HE WAS NOT A PROHIBITIONIST — HE SCORNED THE THOUGHT — RIVALRY — IMPERSONAL — AND HE SUCCEEDED — NO CHANGE IN SHYLOCK — ENOUGH
2. 2.HE OBEYED — FAIR WARNING — PREPAREDNESS — FULL SPEED AHEAD — PLAYING SAFE — WORDS FAILED HER — ONE WAY OUT — HOW WAR BEGAN — MATRIMONIAL ENDURANCE — MISSING IT
3. 3.THE OBVIOUS PLACE — THEIR OPPORTUNITY — DOING HIS DUTY, BUT— — ANTICIPATING THE PLEASURE — HIS COMPLAINT — PUTTING IT UP TO THE HORSE — THE WORM TURNED — MAKES A DIFFERENCE — SOLVING A GREAT PROBLEM — DIAGNOSED — GETTING EVEN — KNEW HIS BUSINESS — THEN THINGS HAPPENED — WASN'T CALLING HER DEAR — SOMETHING! — NOT ENOUGH SCENERY — IAN HAY'S FATE — CAMOUFLAGE — HAPPY ENDING WANTED — A SKEPTIC — A PERSON OF DISCERNMENT — AN OLD HAND — A TRUE OPTIMIST — TIT FOR TAT — TOO GOOD TO BE WASTED — HE UNDERSTOOD — TOUCHY — THE INTELLIGENT CAT — PRIDE — ROBBING HIMSELF — PESSIMISTS — DELAYED — HOW MARY LOST A TIP — A LITTLE TOO THRIFTY — BEYOND HIM — ITS NAME — THE ORIGINAL METHOD — GIVE US THE CHANCE — A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE! — DAD WAS WISE — KINDNESS — MORE SCOTCH THRIFT — WORTH A CHANCE — CHANGE FOR THE BETTER — BIG CHANCES BOTH WAYS — WARNING TO AUTHORS — CONSIDERING FATHER — STORIES ABOUT JAMES GORDON BENNETT — STAYING ON THE JOB — BUSINESS IS BUSINESS — HIS FAVORITE BEAST — A LONG STORY — A DUAL REPUTATION — ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST — SURPRISING — TRUE OPTIMIST — INDISSOLUBLE PARTNERS — DEPENDED ON THE MULE — CROWN PRINCE CALLED DOWN — HUMBLED — IS THIS TACT? — WARNED IN TWENTY YEARS — BEGINNING EARLY — DISCERNING — ROTUND — BEYOND THE SENSE OF HUMOR — A NEW COMPLAINT — SOME FIGHT — TOO STRONG A TERM
4. 4.NOT FOR HER TO SAY — AN EXPERT — SHE ADMITTED IT — A BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND — THE SILVER LINING
5. 5.FRENCH POLITENESS — SIMPLE FAITH — LIMITED DISSIPATION — THE LIMIT — A PERFECT PROGRAM — NON FIT — HIS BY RIGHT — BEST OF REASONS — A STORY FROM THE FRONT — EQUATORIAL MICHIGAN — SCRIPTURAL — THE FACT WAS — THE LAST WORD, AS USUAL — FRUGAL TO THE END
6. 6.NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT — FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS — NO PLACE FOR HIM — IN THE OLD DAYS — TAKING NO CHANCES — TOO PERSONAL — AN ACROBAT IN THE SQUAD — HIS SYSTEM WAS A COMPLETE ONE — FACING THE TRUTH — HE GOT RESULTS, ANYWAY — THE TWO TREATMENTS — COMPREHENSIVE — BITING REPROOF — DISCRIMINATIVE — NOTHING TO LOSE — BAIT — BASEBALL "OVER THERE" — INDEX OF TITLES

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