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Sixes and Sevens eBooks
by O. Henry
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Sixes and Sevens Summary
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Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony. He was going away from the Rancho Altito at the end of a three-months' visit. It is not to be expected that a guest should put up with wheat coffee and biscuits yellow-streaked with saleratus for longer than that. Nick Napoleon, the big Negro man cook, had never been able to make good biscuits: Once before, when Nick was cooking at the Willow Ranch, Sam had been forced to fly from his cuisine, after only a six-weeks' sojourn...
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| Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony. He was going away from the Rancho Altito at the end of a three-months' visit. It is not to be expected that a guest should put up with wheat coffee and biscuits yellow-streaked with saleratus for longer than that. Nick Napoleon, the big Negro man cook, had never been able to make good biscuits: Once before, when Nick was cooking at the Willow Ranch, Sam had been forced to fly from his cuisine, after only a six-weeks' sojourn. |
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| On the bottom shelf behind the counter was a pound of fresh butter that the dairyman had left ten minutes before. With a bread knife Miss Martha made a deep slash in each of the stale loaves, inserted a generous quantity of butter, and pressed the loaves tight again. |
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| O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The Last of the Troubadours; The Sleuths; Witches' Loaves; The Pride of the Cities; Holding Up a Train; Ulysses and the Dogman; The Champion of the Weather; Makes the Whole World Kin; At Arms With Morpheus; The Ghost of a Chance; Jimmie Payes And Muriel; The Door of Unrest; The Duplicity of Hargraves; Let Me Feel Your Pulse; October and June; The Church with an Overshoot Wheel; New York by Campfire Light; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes; The Lady Higher Up; The Greater Coney; Law and Order; Transformation of Martin Burney; The Caliph and the Cad; The Diamond of Kali ;The Day We Celebrate. |
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| O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The Last of the Troubadours; The Sleuths; Witches' Loaves; The Pride of the Cities; Holding Up a Train; Ulysses and the Dogman; The Champion of the Weather; Makes the Whole World Kin; At Arms With Morpheus; The Ghost of a Chance; Jimmie Payes And Muriel; The Door of Unrest; The Duplicity of Hargraves; Let Me Feel Your Pulse; October and June; The Church with an Overshoot Wheel; New York by Campfire Light; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes; The Lady Higher Up; The Greater Coney; Law and Order; Transformation of Martin Burney; The Caliph and the Cad; The Diamond of Kali ;The Day We Celebrate. |
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