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"I was staggered, sir. I did not know what to do. Then I called at the offices round, butnone of them seemed to know anything about it. Finally, I went to the landlord, who is anaccountant living on the ground-floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what hadbecome of the Red-headed League. He said that he had never heard of any such body.Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan Ross was. He answered that the name was new tohim."'Well,' said I, 'the gentleman at No. 4.'"'What, the red-headed man?'"'Yes.'"'Oh,' said he, 'his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor, and was using my roomas a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. He moved out yesterday.'"'Where could I find him?'"'Oh, at his new offices. He did tell me the address. Yes, 17 King Edward Street, near St.Paul's.'
"I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was a manufactory ofartificial knee-caps, and no one in it had ever heard of either Mr. William Morris or Mr.Duncan Ross.""And what did you do then?" asked Holmes."I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my assistant. But he couldnot help me in any way. He could only say that if I waited I should hear by post. But thatwas not quite good enough, Mr. Holmes. I did not wish to lose such a good place withouta struggle, so, as I had heard that you were good enough to give advice to poor folk whowere in need of it, I came right away to you.""And you did very wisely," said Holmes. "Your case is an exceedingly remarkable one,and I shall be happy to look into it. From what you have told me I think that it is possiblethat graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear.""Grave enough," said Mr. Jabez Wilson. "Why, I have lost four pound a week.""As far as you are personally concerned," remarked Holmes, "I do not see that you haveany grievance against this remarkable league. On the contrary, you are, as I understand,richer by some £30, to say nothing of the minute knowledge which you have gained onevery subject which comes under the letter A. You have lost nothing by them."
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SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERSMO
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CHARLES E. MERRILL COMPANYCopyright
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y Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews; to
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Its History. The idea of the short
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details are omitted. Thus the short
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With the help of the biographical s
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There was a pier-glass between the
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like it in any of the stores, and s
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"Jim, darling," she cried, "don't l
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But she hugged them to her bosom, a
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"Yes; this is nice!" Sam said, in a
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horse who had wandered into the all
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good-night!"Whitey found a little f
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"You hold the doors open," he comma
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"I don't know," said Sam frankly, a
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"What's the matter?" called Penrod
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a casual manner through the house.
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the shovel, stick the shovel in the
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"better," even in his slumber. It i
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"Well, we got to fix about that," s
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in a perfectly amiable manner."I go
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Penrod produced the briefer paragra
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"I just said——""I don't mean th
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smothered shriek reached their ears
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It grew darker in the cellar, so th
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Immediately that door opened, revea
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Each glanced pleasantly at the othe
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or "Scroll and Key"[49-1] and I was
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eyes shone out of the dark face fro
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with his arm around my shoulder una
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over me in his young magnificence.I
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as if his right to being American w
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"He stopped and stared with those q
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"I found him. He was hurt too badly
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I heard my throat make a queer soun
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angelically, Uncle Bill. And he whi
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"'That sounds nice,' he said. Sudde
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It was nine o'clock of a wild night
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Price on John G., leading.John G. h
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the full drive of the storm. Awhile
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"Come along, John, old man. You kno
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The First Sergeant, hanging up the
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"And if the animals—they that wer
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At three o'clock she set out with M
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one boy.""No, no, my golden one," c
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of the antiquated Rover, a collie w
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"None of the boys in the school?""N
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"Is he such a little fellow?""Yiss,
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that dog is lovin' much mit him.""W
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"I guess you don't know what iss po
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Bailey; as much like a man he eats.
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"No?" queried the matron with a div
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handle. And entered Izzie, beautifu
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lap—"so-o-oh, you had friends by
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"D'ye mean it?""You bet I do! I can
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At Sunday School the campers became
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katydids singing. It gave them all
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fall, it seemed they had been a wee
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Their beds were hay, with abundant
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like garnets and rubies. And then t
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It was a little discouraging at fir
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"This is something like it. I'm goi
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she turned sideways toward the wind
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in camp on a lovely lake, with noth
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his doctor's dissertation,[114-1] t
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hearty and honest friendliness of h
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other side of me from Miss Midland
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happens this evening so he doesn't
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exclaimed. "Do you think that so mu
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square by everybody, and by women s
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on a little more style!"He took a s
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in the warm spring air, like unseen
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that." Some of his enthusiasm was r
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She looked up at him with a sudden
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are as primitive as a Sioux Indian,
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Harrison went on: "Now let me give
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Miss Midland looked at him hard. "D
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een the——" With Miss Midland's
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explained. "I'll never get over tha
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with one end of a forty-foot riata
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neighbors—a man supposed to be an
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"Courage and patience, my friend,"
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Chu Chu's belly, and her figure res
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making for the low-stretching branc
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ahead! 'Eave! There you are!"Luckil
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trustfulness I was rash enough to a
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is not company for the one! I make
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lithe contour, and as the mare arch
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after a while was content to ride w
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saddle-blanket in the brush near th
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odeo.[165-1] He speak no more; he i
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again, she had a hairpin between he
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Page 201 and 202: The scarecrow gasped, struggled, an
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Page 213 and 214: "Polly! Daughter Polly!" cried the
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Page 219 and 220: "Poor fellow!" quoth Mother Rigby,
Page 221 and 222: The stout gentleman half rose from
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Page 225 and 226: "I begin to think, Watson," said Ho
Page 227 and 228: "Why, indeed? You seem most fortuna
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Page 263 and 264: eached the soup, and yet he gave me
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Page 267 and 268: "It was a liberty," I said."I know,
Page 269 and 270: "Have you been married long, Willia
Page 271 and 272: "But she is six years old," he said
Page 273 and 274: Several days passed, and I took car
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"I said the young 'uns.""And Willia
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"Such as what?""Like whether he lar
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I had arranged that the girl Jenny,
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"William," I said, "the head waiter
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grape-shot. Just before we reached
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crying."But he is going to get well
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emember, with a heavy heart at the
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country." And then came suggestions
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Was the door of her grandfather's b
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Finally the carriage tongue did ind
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expecting a visit from our King her
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"The people are good," said the min
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said, with an air of preparing to f
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y the King's indifference. "They be
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"'We have a whole mountain,' answer
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"When the minister had gone a short
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emark that there were not fit accom
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forehead.[290-1] I shall hang now a
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eminded them of the many tragedies
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"Does he not care, then, how it goe
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O. HENRY (Page 11)Sydney Porter, wh
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BOOTH TARKINGTON (Page 19)Booth Tar
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(Return)43, 1. Nemesis. An ancient
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(Return)52, 3. Lombardy and Venetia
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our own country.Miss Mayo during th
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wise tolerance as well as a shrewd
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about sixteen, he became a pupil at
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Dorothea Canfield, the author of "A
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armies of France and Spain.(Return)
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(Return)137, 1. Andy. Andrew Carneg
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145, 1. Castilian. Of pure Spanish
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(Return)162, 2. Alfalfa. A species
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career until rather late. We owe it
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who have never heard of the author,
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, one of th
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Monsieur Daudet, like the moody, im
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(Return)267, 1. Mac Mahon. The Mars
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She might well be called the founde
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Balzac, HonoréChouans. "A Passion
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The Wind in the Rose BushFox, JohnC
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Life's Handicap. "Betram and Bimi,"
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Stockton, FrankThe Lady or the Tige
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A Reward of Merit1. Look over the s
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4. Where in the story would you say
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2. When does the story become reall
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4. What do you think was the word t
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soldier, the story itself, or both?
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publishers.C (Return)The Nobel priz
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distribution of electronic works, b
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