Best Short Stories eBook

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Title: Best Short Stories	1
BEST SHORT STORIES	1
Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY for REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. 1922	1
BEST SHORT STORIES	1
ALWAYS GET THE FACTS	1
CAN THIS BE TRUE?	2
NEW SERVANT-GIRL STORY	2
HE WAS BROAD MINDED	2
MISSED HIS CHANCE	2
GREAT RELIEF IN HEAVEN	3
UNCHANGEABLE	3
HE KNEW THE LAW	4
A SERMON ON THE WAR BY PARSON BROWN	4
LIFE’S ETERNAL QUERY	5
HIGH FINANCE	6
MATRIMONIAL PROFUNDITY	6
THE NEW REGIME	6
SITUATIONS WANTED	6
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS;	7
WHEN THE “S” FELL OUT	7
FULL PARTICULARS FREE	7
THEY WERE SO GLAD TO SEE HIM	8
HAD TO BE SETTLED	8
STILL UNBEATEN	9
ACCOUNTING FOR IT	9
HIS LACK	9
A REVISED CLASSIC	9
SCOTCH THRILLS	10
HIS APPLICATION	10
A CLINCHER	10
SMARTY	10
THE ECLIPSE TO ORDER	10
A CONNOISSEUR	11
NOURISHMENT	11
HAD HAD TREATMENT	11
HOW HE GOT THEM	11
CAESAR VISITS CICERO	12
WHY BE POLITE ANYWAY?	12
THE ARRIVAL OF WILHELM	12
IMMORTAL!	13
ORIENTAL POLITENESS	13
ALAS! TOO LATE!	14
WHO COULD TELL?	14
HE COULDN’T HAVE MISSED IT	14
GUILTY	14
ENVY	15
A GENTLE DISSOLUTION	15
A FUTILE EXPERIMENT	15
THEY MEANT TO BE PAID	15
A POSER	16
NO DANGER	16
MIGHT DRAW BUSINESS	17
SAFE	17
COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY	18
MANNA	18
SHE KNEW HIM	18
A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME	19
A FLATTERING EXPLANATION	19
DIDN’T SUIT HIM	19
ON HER NERVES	19
CASH	19
TOO MUCH	20
MISTAKEN IDENTITY?	20
THIS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO	20
HAD HEARD HIM BEFORE	21
HER DOMESTIC INSTINCTS	21
LAST RESORT	21
LOOKED THAT WAY	22
COMRADES	22
COMPARISON	22
MR. SUNSHINE AND MR. GLOOM	23
HER OWN	24
MARK TWAIN ON MILLIONAIRES	24
A MOVING TALE	25
HISTORICAL	26
MEMORIES	26
ECCLESIASTICAL DUES ENFORCED	26
STILL COMPANIONABLE	27
AN EASY ADJUSTMENT	27
APPRAISED	27
AN EASY MATTER	28
JEEMS HENRY WAS CONJURED.	28
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY	28
NOT SO DIFFICULT	28
DESERVED THE LEGACY	29
IMPROVEMENT	29
WHY SHOULD HE KNOW?	29
ONE ON HIM	30
REVEALED	31
DIAGNOSING HIMSELF	31
IN OUR MELTING POT	31
GIVE HIM TIME	31
A BAY STATE SOLOMON	31
IN MEMORIAM	32
A DISADVANTAGE	32
THE LIFE	32
WELCOMING THE ACTOR	32
COULDN’T BE BOTHERED	32
THEIR “BIT”	33
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN	33
DANGER SIGNALS	33
VULNERABLE	33
MISLEADING	33
A SOFT ANSWER	33
BALLS	34
JOE’S DIAGNOSIS	34
PURELY LITERARY	34
TOO FORWARD	34
OBEYING ORDERS	34
TABLE OF COMPARISON	35
KNEW HIS JOB	35
AN ANGLOMANIAC	35
YANKEE FODDER	35
ONE EXPLANATION	36
REMORSE	36
THE REAL CULPRIT	36
A MATTER OF NOMENCLATURE	36
HER PRAYER	37
CAUTIOUS MOURNER	37
UNPREPARED BASE THREATENED	37
INCONSIDERATE	38
ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT	38
A HARD KNOCK	38
DURABLE	38
ACCURACY	38
HAD HIS RIGHTS	38
A READY-WITTED PARSON	39
A STOCK SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT	39
A DEEP ONE	39
PROVING IT	39
PRAYER OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS	39
MUCH SIMPLER	40
SILENT CONTEMPT	40
WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY?	40
HIS ULTIMATUM	40
A GIFTED YOUTH	41
IT HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS	41
GETTING EVEN	41
ARCHIE’S NECK	41
THEIR ONE TOPIC	41
PROBABLY RIGHT	42
UNRETURNED FAVORS	42
THE PROPER SPIRIT	42
EXPERIENCED	42
PERPETUAL MOTION	43
PRIDE IN THE DAILY TASK	43
DIDN’T WANT TO ROB HIM	43
HIS GENEROSITY	43
JOY OF EATING	43
TRY THIS	43
BARGAIN-COUNTER GOLF	44
UNEASY	44
PERFECTLY NATURAL	44
A DIPLOMAT	44
THE DIFFERENCE	44
WORSE!	45
THE TEUTON WAY	45
APPRECIATION	45
ALLEGRO	45
JUST ANSWERED	45
TOO LONG A SHOT	45
SENSITIVE	46
NO USE FOR IT	46
EFFECTIVE	46
GERMAN ARITHMETIC	46
A DIFFICULT PASSAGE	46
WHERE VERMONT SCORED	46
DOING UNTO HIS NEIGHBOR	47
THE LIMIT	47
NO TELLING	47
A RECORD BREAKER	47
EVIDENCE	48
A FUTURE STATESMAN	48
SMARTY!	48
HOW TO TELL A WELL-BRED DOG	48
TRY IT AND SEE	48
WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN	49
CONCLUSIVE	49
WHY NOT?	49
HOW COULD HE KNOW?	49
IN ADVANCE	49
NO FREE ADVERTISING	50
WHY NOT?	50
THE SAME OLD HOURS	50
WHY NOT?	50
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING	50
THE MAN HE LEFT BEHIND	51
SOME SPEED	51
A DEEP-LAID PLAN	51
ONLY ONE THING FOR HIM	51
A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP	51
BLISSFUL IGNORANCE	52
GRATEFUL TO THE DOCTOR	52
HE MIGHT BE, BUT SHE WASN’T	52
A SPORTING PROPOSITION	52
THE PROPOSAL	52
KNEW MORE ABOUT HENS THAN HISTORY	53
CHARITY	53
ADVICE TO MABEL	53
NOT A NATIVE	53
HE GOT IT TWICE	53
TOO MUCH	53
THE DIGNITIES OF OFFICE	54
FAME	54
NO PEACE FOR HIM	54
BOILED	54
FORCED INTO IT	54
HOODOOED	55
SAFE DEPOSIT	55
THE MATTER WITH KANSAS	55
THE BETTER WAY	55
A HORSE PSYCHOLOGIST	55
STILL NOT SATISFIED	56
A COAXER	56
AUTOMATIC “EFFICIENCY”	56
THE WINNER	56
TAXED TO CAPACITY	56
GASTRONOMICAL	57
A LITERAL CENSOR	57
UP TO HIM	57
NOT IN THE TACTICS	57
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE	57
MAKING IT FIT	58
A LESSON IN MANNERS	58
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR	58
CURIOSITY	58
THE SIMPLE POLITICAL LIFE	58
PIGTAILS AND MOUSTACHES	59
HIS SEARCH FOR THE PRACTICAL	59
HARD UP FOR WIND	59
HE KNEW BRYAN	59
HIS NEED	59
ALL OR NOTHING	60
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS	60
THE BOOTBLACK’S GENEROSITY	60
ON DUTY ELSEWHERE	61
THE KAISER’S LAST WORD	61
A REVISED CLASSIC—THE SLEEPING BEAUTY	61
SPECIALLY ENDOWED	61
NO JOQUE	62
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA	62
ELIMINATION	62
HIS GREAT AMBITION	62
GUIDE	63
APPREHENDING THE KAISER	63
JUSTICE TO T. R.	63
HE WAS NOT A PROHIBITIONIST	64
HE SCORNED THE THOUGHT	64
RIVALRY	64
IMPERSONAL	65
AND HE SUCCEEDED	65
NO CHANGE IN SHYLOCK	65
ENOUGH	65
HE OBEYED	66
FAIR WARNING	66
PREPAREDNESS	66
FULL SPEED AHEAD	66
PLAYING SAFE	67
WORDS FAILED HER	67
ONE WAY OUT	67
HOW WAR BEGAN	67
MATRIMONIAL ENDURANCE	68
MISSING IT	68
THE OBVIOUS PLACE	68
THEIR OPPORTUNITY	68
DOING HIS DUTY, BUT—	69
ANTICIPATING THE PLEASURE	69
HIS COMPLAINT	69
PUTTING IT UP TO THE HORSE	69
THE WORM TURNED	69
MAKES A DIFFERENCE	70
SOLVING A GREAT PROBLEM	70
DIAGNOSED	70
GETTING EVEN	70
KNEW HIS BUSINESS	70
THEN THINGS HAPPENED	70
WASN’T CALLING HER DEAR	71
SOMETHING!	71
NOT ENOUGH SCENERY	71
IAN HAY’S FATE	71
CAMOUFLAGE	72
HAPPY ENDING WANTED	72
A SKEPTIC	72
A PERSON OF DISCERNMENT	72
AN OLD HAND	72
A TRUE OPTIMIST	73
TIT FOR TAT	73
TOO GOOD TO BE WASTED	73
HE UNDERSTOOD	73
TOUCHY	73
THE INTELLIGENT CAT	73
PRIDE	74
ROBBING HIMSELF	74
PESSIMISTS	74
DELAYED	74
HOW MARY LOST A TIP	74
A LITTLE TOO THRIFTY	75
BEYOND HIM	75
ITS NAME	75
THE ORIGINAL METHOD	75
GIVE US THE CHANCE	75
A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE!	75
DAD WAS WISE	76
KINDNESS	76
MORE SCOTCH THRIFT	76
WORTH A CHANCE	77
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER	77
BIG CHANCES BOTH WAYS	77
WARNING TO AUTHORS	77
CONSIDERING FATHER	78
STORIES ABOUT JAMES GORDON BENNETT	78
STAYING ON THE JOB	79
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS	79
HIS FAVORITE BEAST	80
A LONG STORY	80
A DUAL REPUTATION	80
ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST	81
SURPRISING	81
TRUE OPTIMIST	81
INDISSOLUBLE PARTNERS	82
DEPENDED ON THE MULE	82
CROWN PRINCE CALLED DOWN	82
HUMBLED	82
IS THIS TACT?	83
WARNED IN TWENTY YEARS	83
BEGINNING EARLY	83
DISCERNING	83
ROTUND	84
BEYOND THE SENSE OF HUMOR	84
A NEW COMPLAINT	84
SOME FIGHT	84
TOO STRONG A TERM	84
NOT FOR HER TO SAY	85
AN EXPERT	85
SHE ADMITTED IT	85
A BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND	85
THE SILVER LINING	86
FRENCH POLITENESS	86
SIMPLE FAITH	86
LIMITED DISSIPATION	86
THE LIMIT	87
A PERFECT PROGRAM	87
NON FIT	87
HIS BY RIGHT	87
BEST OF REASONS	87
A STORY FROM THE FRONT	88
EQUATORIAL MICHIGAN	88
SCRIPTURAL	88
THE FACT WAS	88
THE LAST WORD, AS USUAL	89
FRUGAL TO THE END	89
NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT	89
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS	89
NO PLACE FOR HIM	90
IN THE OLD DAYS	90
TAKING NO CHANCES	90
TOO PERSONAL	90
AN ACROBAT IN THE SQUAD	90
HIS SYSTEM WAS A COMPLETE ONE	91
FACING THE TRUTH	92
HE GOT RESULTS, ANYWAY	92
THE TWO TREATMENTS	92
COMPREHENSIVE	93
BITING REPROOF	93
DISCRIMINATIVE	93
NOTHING TO LOSE	93
BAIT	93
BASEBALL “OVER THERE”	94
INDEX OF TITLES	94