Postscripts

About this eBook

Author

Henry, O., 1862-1910

Credits

Produced by Vince Rice

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American poetry -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61734

Release Date

April 2, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Postscripts — Table of Contents — Foreword — Postscripts — The Sensitive Colonel Jay — A Matter of Loyalty — Taking No Chances — The Other Side of It — Journalistically Impossible — The Power of Reputation — The Distraction of Grief — A Sporting Interest — Had a Use for It — The Old Landmark — A Personal Insult — Toddlekins — Reconciliation — Buying a Piano — Too Late — Nothing to Say — “Goin Home Fur Christmas” — Just a Little Damp — Her Mysterious Charm — Convinced — His Dilemma — Something for Baby — Some Day — A Green Hand — A Righteous Outburst — Getting at the Facts — Just for a Change — Too Wise — A Fatal Error — Prompt — The Rake-Off — The Telegram — An Opportunity Declined — Correcting a Great Injustice — A Startling Demonstration — Leap Year Advice — After Supper — His Only Opportunity — Getting Acquainted — Answers to Inquiries — City Perils — Hush Money — Relieved — No Time to Lose — A Villainous Trick — A Forced March — Book Reviews — A Conditional Pardon — Inconsistency — Bill Nye — To a Portrait — A Guarded Secret — A Pastel — Jim — Board and Ancestors — An X-Ray Fable — A Universal Favorite — Spring — The Sporting Editor on Culture — A Question of Direction — The Old Farm — Willing to Compromise — Ridiculous — Guessed Everything Else — The Prisoner of Zembla — Lucky Either Way — The “Bad Man” — A Slight Mistake — Delayed — A Good Story Spoiled — Revenge — No Help for It — Rileys Luck — “Not So Much a Tam Fool” — A Guess-Proof Mystery Story
2. 2.Chapter I
3. 3.Chapter II
4. 4.Chapter III
5. 5.Chapter IV
6. 6.Chapter V — Futility — The Wounded Veteran — Her Ruse — Why Conductors Are Morose — “Only to Lie—” — The Pewee — The Sunday Excursionist — Decoration Day — Charge of the White Brigade — An Inspiration — Coming to Him — His Pension — The Winner — Hungry Henry’s Ruse — A Proof of Love — One Consolation — An Unsuccessful Experiment — Superlatives — By Easy Stages — Even Worse — The Shock — The Cynic — Speaking of Big Winds — Unknown Title — An Original Idea — Calculations — A Valedictory — Solemn Thoughts — Explaining It — Her Failing — A Disagreement — An E for a Knee — The Unconquerable — An Expensive Veracity — Grounds for Uneasiness — It Covers Errors — Recognition — His Doubt — A Cheering Thought — What It Was — Vanity — Identified — The Apple — How It Started — Red Conlin’s Eloquence — Why He Hesitated — Turkish Questions — Somebody Lied — Marvelous — The Confession of a Murderer — “Get Off the Earth” — The Stranger’s Appeal — The Good Boy — The Colonel’s Romance — A Narrow Escape — A Years Supply — Eugene Field — Slightly Mixed — Knew What Was Needed — Some Ancient News Notes — A Sure Method — Endnotes

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