Henry, O., 1862-1910 / 2008-07-25 00:00:00
EBOOK, STRICTLY BUSINESS ***
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STRICTLY BUSINESS
More Stories of the Four Million
by
O. HENRY
CONTENTS
I. STRICTLY BUSINESS
II. THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED
III. BABES IN THE JUNGLE
IV. THE DAY RESURGENT
V. THE FIFTH WHEEL
VI. THE POET AND THE PEASANT
VII. THE ROBE OF PEACE
VIII. THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT
IX. THE CALL OF THE TAME
X. THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
XI. THE THING'S THE PLAY
XII. A RAMBLE IN APHASIA
XIII. A MUNICIPAL REPORT
XIV. PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER
XV. A BIRD OF BAGDAD
XVI. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
XVII. A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA
XVIII. THE GIRL AND THE HABIT
XIX. PROOF OF THE PUDDING
XX. PAST ONE AT RODNEY'S
XXI. THE VENTURERS
XXII. THE DUEL
XXIII. "WHAT YOU WANT"
I
STRICTLY BUSINESS
I suppose you know all about the stage and stage people. You've been
touched with and by actors, and you read the newspaper criticisms and
the jokes in the weeklies about the Rialto and the chorus girls and the
long-haired tragedians. And I suppose that a condensed list of your
ideas about the mysterious stageland would boil down to something like
this:
Leading ladies have five husbands, paste diamonds, and figures no better
than your own (madam) if they weren't padded.
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