Silver Blaze

"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said
Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one
morning.
"Go! Where to?"

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The Cardboard Box

In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable
mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have
endeavoured, as far as possible, to select those which presented
the minimum of sensationalism,

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The Yellow Face

Sherlock Holmes was a man who seldom took exercise for
exercise's sake. Few men were capable of greater
muscular effort, and he was undoubtedly one of the
finest boxers of his weight that I have ever seen;

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The Stock-Broker's Clerk

Shortly after my marriage I had bought a connection in
the Paddington district. Old Mr. Farquhar, from whom
I purchased it, had at one time an excellent general
practice;

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The Gloria Scott

I have some papers here," said my friend Sherlock
Holmes, as we sat one winter's night on either side of
the fire, "which I really think, Watson, that it would
be worth your while to glance over.

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The Musgrave Ritual

An anomaly which often struck me in the character of
my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his
methods of thought he was the neatest and most
methodical of mankind,

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The Reigate Puzzle

It was some time before the health of my friend Mr.
Sherlock Holmes recovered from the strain caused by
his immense exertions in the spring of '87.

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The Crooked Man

One summer night, a few months after my marriage, I
was seated by my own hearth smoking a last pipe and
nodding over a novel, for my day's work had been an
exhausting one.

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The Resident Patient

Glancing over the somewhat incoherent series of
Memoirs with which I have endeavored to illustrate a
few of the mental peculiarities of my friend Mr.
Sherlock Holmes, I have been struck by the difficulty
which I have experienced in picking out examples which
shall in every way answer my...

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The Greek Interpreter

During my long and intimate acquaintance with Mr.
Sherlock Holmes I had never heard him refer to his
relations, and hardly ever to his own early life.

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The Naval Treaty

The July which immediately succeeded my marriage was
made memorable by three cases of interest, in which I
had the privilege of being associated with Sherlock
Holmes and of studying his methods.

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Another thriller series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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The Final Problem

It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to
write these the last words in which I shall ever
record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr.
Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.

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A Scandal in Bohemia

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Most stunning and adventurous series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It comprises series of 12 short stories of known character Sherlock Holmes.

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The Chicken

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's
nest rested. The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One
day an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to

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The Cherry Tree

When George Washington was about six years old, he was made the
wealthy master of a hatchet of which, like most little boys, he was
extremely fond. He went about chopping everything that came his
way.

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The Secret of Success

A young man asked Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, the secret of Success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met.

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Mark and Bill

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder.

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Friendship Forever

Two inseparable friends, Sam and Jason, met with an accident on their way to Boston City. The following morning, Jason woke up blind and Sam was still unconscious.

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Level of Trust in GOD

A man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat, when suddenly a great storm arose. The man was a warrior,

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A Materialistic

A very successful person parked his brand-new Lexus in front of his office, ready to show it off to his colleagues.
As he got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore the door off of the driver's side.

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Copy and Paste Error

A famous motivational speaker said: "Best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife".

Audience was in shock & silence.

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In A Trial

In a trial, a small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand. The witness was a grand motherly, elderly woman.


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Keep Driving

One day a young lady was driving along with her father.

They came upon a storm, and the young lady asked her father, What should I do?"

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The Fourth Wife of a Rich Merchant

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best.

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Keep Loin-cloth out to Dry

A Guru was so impressed by the spiritual progress of his disciple that, judging he needed no further guidance, he left him on his own a little hut on the banks of a river.

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The Best Time Today

Once upon a time there was a young man who used to meditate all day about the meaning of life. Most of the time he was pondering about the most important thing in life,

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Watching Your Own Mind

A mystic used to walk every midnight towards the river, just to sit silently there.

A watchman of a nearby bungalow used to notice him come at midnight.

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The Quilt Is Gone

One winter night, Mullah Nasruddin and his wife Fatima were sleeping soundly in their own beds, snuggled up under the covers and quilt, when the loud din of quarreling voices outside wakened them.

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At Least One of Them

One day, Nasreddin went out hunting and shot two quails. He brought them to his wife and told her to prepare the fowls, because he wanted to invite his wealthy friend Aslan to dinner to impress him.

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Two Questions

It came to be that I was a mulla. This was when I was much younger. Now a mulla is an interesting job. A mulla is a teacher, a preacher, and a judge.

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The Sweetest Strawberry

Good day! My name is Nasruddin. I was born in Amritsar in the Punjab, in India. Or...it was so long ago... it may have been in Cairo, in Egypt. In fact, I think it was Newark, New Jersey,

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The Tale of the Stupid Oaf

As I was saying, beloveds, I moved to Tekka's village permanently, which means my stay there was longer than usual. I rented a little apartment,

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Humble

My beloveds, I remember a time long ago when I was still a Mulla. I lived in a small town, just big enough for a real mosque, with a beautiful mosaic wall. I remember one evening,

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God's Will

When I was no longer needed as a Mulla in the village, I moved to another region and found a convenient place outside a small town, on a hill. The view was fine,

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Alone in the Desert

Ah, it was a time of bustling cities and pressing obligations! After a time, I grew weary of the pace and needed a respite, a quiet time in which to gather my inner peace again.

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The Second Banquet

A banquet is a wonderful thing for those who attend, but for he or she who is the guest of honor, it is a trial. All the attention is on you, everyone hangs on your every word and move,

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The First Banquet

One day, it happened that someone said something to someone, who said something to someone else, who somehow formed the impression I was an important person.

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Where God is Not?

My beloveds, I travelled again to the village of my friend Tekka, after years away. He had become very devout in his ways, sometimes a little pompous, but still the kind soul I had loved for years.

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Milk for the Mullah

One day Mulla Nasruddin was going somewhere when he met a man who was carrying a large milk can. The man wished Mulla Nasruddin and said, “Mullaaji, I have a problem. Would you be kind enough to provide me a solution?”

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The Crowded Home

One day, Mulla Nasruddin was talking to his neighbour. The neighbour was looking so miserable that Nasruddin asked him what was bothering him. The man started to complain about the lack of space

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The Gurantee

One day, Nasruddin was at the king’s court when the king turned to him and said, “Mulla Nasruddin, you are always boasting about your wisdom and cleverness. So tell me, can you teach your donkey how to read?”

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The Man on the Tree

One day, a man climbed up a tree. While climbing up, he did not realize how tall the tree actually was and kept climbing up. On reaching at the top, when the man looked down,

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Are You Asleep?

Once, Mulla Nasruddin was lying on his bed with his eyes closed when his brother-in-law approached him. ‘Are you asleep?” the brother-in-law asked Nasruddin. Nasruddin replied, “Why? What is it?”

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The Golden Swan

One morning when King Krishna Deva Raya’s court was assembled, two men entered carrying a golden statue of a swan. All the courtiers were awestruck by the beauty of the statue.

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Master of Disguise

Chatur Pandit spent one year learning the art of disguise secretly of a great yogi who was visiting Vijayanagar. At the end of the training, the yogi declared that Chatur Pandit has

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The Castle in the Air

All the courtiers saw that the King Krishna Deva Raya was worried that morning. He sat on the throne lost in deep thought with a frown. Tenali Ram, being a friend and well wisher of the king,

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The Keen Observer

"Here is the challenge for the day, " proclaimed King Krishna Deva Raya as soon as the court had assembled one day, "We want to know who among you can deduce most from sheer observation.

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The Annual Contest

Holi, the festival of colors, was celebrated every year with great pomp and festivities in the the Vijayanagar empire. King Krishna Deva Raya and the royal family used to be

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Hard Knocks

In the capital city of Vijayanagara, there lived a washerwoman by the name Peepli with her husband, Damodar, and daughter, Chameli. She was known in the town for her excellent service.

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The Most Precious Gift

Sonadurg was a neighboring kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya's Vijayanagar empire. Sonadurg was rich in gold and diamond deposits. But the kingdom was ruled by corrupt King Andhermukh.

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Priests and Businessmen

King Krishna Deva Raya had the habit of posing interesting questions to Tenali Ram during the evening walks they would take in the royal gardens.

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Rats, Cats and Cows

In the kingdom of Vijayanagar, the public distribution system was managed by the courtiers. The courtiers ran grain and grocery stores in the different parts of the kingdom.

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The Red Peacock

Krishna Deva Raya was without doubt the greatest king of India during his time. He was very much interested in preserving this status.

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Tenali Raman and the Cat

Long long ago there was a man called Tenali Raman. He was minister to a great king called Krishna Deva Raya. He was supposed to be very clever.

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Tenali's Reward

One day the King and his Queen were about to view a special performance by a Krishnaleela troupe. The King ordered his minister not to disturb him.

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A Lesson to the Greedy

Krishnadevaraya's mother was a very orthodox woman. She had visited many holy places and had performed religious rites; she had given much in charity.

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The Promoted Barber

The Royal Barber's only task was to give king Krishnadeva Raya his daily shave. One day when he arrived to do his job, king krishnadeva Raya was still asleep.

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The Horse Trader

Krishnadevaraya was very fond of horses. He never spared any thought or money when it came to buying well bred horses. He was known for owning some of the country's best horses.

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Tenali in Delhi Durbar

At the time when Krishnadevaraya ruled over Vijayanagar, King Barbar ruled over Delhi. Tenali was a famous jester in King Krishnadevaraya's royal court.

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Tenali Raman and the Jinx

Poet, clown and jester… Tenali raman was a minister in the court of Krishnadevaraya, the ruler of Vijayanar. He was an extremely versatile personality.

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Ramalinga Attempts to Turn a Dog into a Cow!

One early morning, King Rayalu woke up. He sleepily walked out of his room and called out to the guards. When a guard appeared, the king ordered him to fetch the barber immediately.

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Ramalinga’s Prostrate Adoration to Donkeys

King Krishna Deva Rayalu had a royal teacher by the name of Thathacharya. Thathacharya belonged to the Vaishnavite sect, the followers of which worship Sri Maha Vishnu as the Supreme God.

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The King’s Condition

The ruler of Vijaynagar, Krishnadeva Raya had a versatile minister at his durbar, Tenali Raman. He was a poet, jester and the personal adviser of the king.

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Tenali Raman And The Great Pundit

Once, a great pundit from a foreign land visited King Krishna Deva Raya’s court. He claimed that he had knowledge of all subjects and was an expert in every field.

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Tenali Raman and the Three Dolls

The great king Krishna Deva Raya had a lot of wise ministers in his court. The wisest of them was Tenali Rama. One day, a merchant came to the king’s court from a foreign kingdom.

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Tenali Raman and the Horse

Once, king Krishna Deva Raya wanted to expand his army. So, he needed more horses. He decided to give one horse to be brought up by each person in his kingdom.

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Subba Sastry and Sugar

Once, there lived a man who was very rich but was a miser. He had a lot of money but did not like to spend it on anyone. One day, he was very sad because ants had entered his bowl of sugar.

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Tenali Raman And Two Thieves

One summer night, when Tenaliram and his wife were about to sleep, when he heard the sound of rustling of leaves coming from outside. There was no even the slightest breeze blowing at that time,

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Royal Mother’s Last Wish

It was Krishnadeva Rai’s mother’s death anniversary and he wanted to do something special for her deceased mother on this day. He summoned the head priest to discuss the same.

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Tenali Raman’s Entry Into Bhuvana Vijayam

Tenali Raman or Tenali Ramalingam was a minister in the court of the king of Vijaynagar, Krishnadeva Rai. Tenali Rama was a great scholar of several languages that included Marathi,

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Thousand Gold Coins and a Handful Grain

Long time ago, there lived a beautiful woman called Vidyullatha in Vijayanagar. She was a learned lady who was accomplished in all genres of fine arts.

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Mahabharat and Delhi Sultan’s wish

Once, Raja Krishnadeva Rayalu was invited by Adil Shah, the Sultan of Delhi to settle the ongoing conflict that was going on between the two regions.

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His Last Bow

It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August--the most terrible August in the history of the world. One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate world,

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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow
fog settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I
doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable
mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have
endeavoured, as far as possible,

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

In recording from time to time some of the curious experiences
and interesting recollections which I associate with my long and
intimate friendship with Mr. Sherlock Holmes,

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The Adventure of the Dying Detective

Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-
suffering woman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at
all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters

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The Adventure of the Red Circle

"Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular
cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of
some value, should interfere in the matter.

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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy
day towards the end of March in the year 1892. Holmes had
received a telegram while we sat at our lunch,

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The Cabman's Story

We had to take a "growler," for the day looked rather threatening and
we agreed that it would be a very bad way of beginning our holiday by
getting wet,

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

"But why Turkish?" asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at
my boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment,
and my protruded feet had attracted his ever-active attention.

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The Parasite

March 24. The spring is fairly with us now. Outside
my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all
covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds,

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The Mystery of Sasassa Valley

Do I know why Tom Donahue is called "Lucky Tom"? Yes, I do; and that is
more than one in ten of those who call him so can say.

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The Adventure of Abbey Grange

It was on a bitterly cold night and frosty morning, towards the end of
the winter of '97, that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder.

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Doing Something Different

One day Ming was fishing in a lake. His friend Sung was watching him.

Hours passed but he could not get a single fish.

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Get Rid of Your Pain

Once accidentally a buffalo fell into a slushy tank and it could not come out in spite of its bets effort.

As it was trying to pull out one leg, another leg was going deeper into the slush.

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The King's Advisor

A King went out to sea when a great storm arose. One of his attendants on board began to cry out and wail in fear, for the man had never been on a ship before.

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Inner Character

There were two twin brothers, Rohidas and Mahidas, who had to walk a long way every day to their farm. So they begged their father to give them a horse or a bullock cart to travel comfortably.

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An Old Lady

A family of five was enjoying their day at the beach. The children were bathing in the ocean and making castles in the sand when in the distance a little old lady appeared.

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The Email Address

A jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft.

The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

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The Outrage

It was five o'clock on a July afternoon. The heat was terrible. The whole of the huge stone-built town breathed out heat like a glowing furnace.

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The Miraculous Revenge

I arrived in Dublin on the evening of the fifth of August, and drove to the residence of my uncle, the Cardinal Archbishop. He is like most of my family, deficient in feeling,

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Caryl's Plum

"He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum."

So sang Caryl over the stairs.

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Hide and Seek

Everything in Lelechka's nursery was bright, pretty, and cheerful. Lelechka's sweet voice charmed her mother. Lelechka was a delightful child. There was no other such child,

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The Judge's House

When the time for his examination drew near Malcolm Malcolmson made up his mind to go somewhere to read by himself. He feared the attractions of the seaside,

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Dracula's Guest

When we started for our drive the sun was shining brightly on Munich, and the air was full of the joyousness of early summer. Just as we were about to depart,

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The Tide

The time was 1850, the place that long, soft, hot dry stretch of blasted desolation known as the Humboldt Sink. The sun stared, the heat rose in waves,

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The Road Agent

The Sierra Nevadas of California are very wide and very high. Kingdoms could be lost among the defiles of their ranges. Kingdoms have been found there. One of them was Bright's Cove.

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Moisture, A Trace

Last fall I revisited Arizona for the first time in many years. My ultimate destination lay one hundred and twenty-eight miles south of the railroad.

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Climbing for Goats

Near the point at which the great Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains crosses the Canadian border another range edges in toward it from the south.

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The Upper Berth

Somebody asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation was beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains,

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Man Overboard!

Yes, I have heard "Man overboard!" a good many times since I was a boy, and once or twice I have seen the man go. There are more men lost in that way than passengers on ocean steamers ever learn of.

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By the Waters of Paradise

I remember my childhood very distinctly. I do not think that the fact argues a good memory, for I have never been clever at learning words by heart, in prose or rhyme;

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A Visit To The Asylum

Having just returned from a visit to this admirable Institution in company with a friend who is one of the Directors, we propose giving a short account of what we saw and heard.

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The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard

It was a charmingly mild and balmy day. The sun shone beyond the orchard, and the shade was cool inside. A light breeze stirred the boughs of the old apple-tree under which the philosopher sat.

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Girl

In gilt letters on the ground glass of the door of room No. 962 were the words: "Robbins & Hartley, Brokers." The clerks had gone. It was past five, and with the solid tramp of a drove of prize Percherons,

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An Afternoon Miracle

At the United States end of an international river bridge, four armed rangers sweltered in a little 'dobe hut, keeping a fairly faithful espionage upon the lagging trail of passengers from the Mexican side.

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Bestseller

One day last summer I went to Pittsburgh--well, I had to go there on business.

My chair-car was profitably well filled with people of the kind one usually

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A Blackjack Bargainer

The most disreputable thing in Yancey Goree's law office was Goree himself, sprawled in his creakv old arm- chair. The rickety little office, built of red brick,

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Blind Man's Holiday

Alas for the man and for the artist with the shifting point of perspective! Life shall be a confusion of ways to the one; the landscape shall rise up and confound the other. Take the case of Lorison.

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Buried Treasure

There are many kinds of fools. Now, will everybody please sit still until they are called upon specifically to rise?

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The Caballero's Way

The Cisco Kid had killed six men in more or less fair scrimmages, had murdered twice as many (mostly Mexicans), and had winged a larger number whom he modestly forbore to count. Therefore a woman loved him.

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The Cactus

The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man;

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A Call Loan

In those days the cattlemen were the anointed. They were the grandees of the grass, kings of the kine, lords of the lea, barons of beef and bone.

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A Chaparral Christmas Gift

The original cause of the trouble was about twenty years in growing.

At the end of that time it was worth it.

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Calloway's Code

The New York Enterprise sent H. B. Calloway as special correspondent to the Russo-Japanese-Portsmouth war.

For two months Calloway hung about Yokohama and Tokio,

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A Chaparral Prince

Nine o'clock at last, and the drudging toil of the day was ended. Lena climbed to her room in the third half-story of the Quarrymen's Hotel. Since daylight she had slaved,

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Christmas By Injunction

Cherokee was the civic father of Yellowhammer. Yellowhammer was a new mining town constructed mainly of canvas and undressed pine. Cherokee was a prospector.

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Confessions Of A Humorist

There was a painless stage of incubation that lasted twenty-five years, and then it broke out on me, and people said I was It.

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Cupid A La Carte

"The dispositions of woman," said Jeff Peters, after various opinions on the subject had been advanced, "run, regular, to diversions. What a woman wants is what you're out of.

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The Detective Detector

I was walking in Central Park with Avery Knight, the great New York burglar, highwayman, and murderer.

"But, my dear Knight," said I, "it sounds incredible.

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The Dog And The Playlet

Usually it is a cold day in July when you can stroll up Broadway in that month and get a story out of the drama. I found one a few breathless, parboiling days ago,

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Georgia's Ruling

If you should chance to visit the General Land Office, step into the draughtsmen's room and ask to be shown the map of Salado County. A leisurely German -- pos- sibly old Kampfer himself -- will bring it to you.

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The Gift Of The Magi

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks

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The Handbook Of Hymen

'Tis the opinion of myself, Sanderson Pratt, who sets this down, that the educational system of the United States should be in the hands of the weather bureau. I can give you good reasons for it;

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He Also Serves

If I could have a thousand years--just one little thousand years--more of life, I might, in that time, draw near enough to true Romance to touch the hem of her robe.

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The Head Hunter

When the war between Spain and George Dewey was over, I went to the Philippine Islands. There I remained as bushwhacker correspondent for my paper until its managing editor notified me that an eight-hundred

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Hearts And Crosses

Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually--but this is not Baldy's story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second.

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Hearts And Hands

At Denver there was an influx of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded

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The Hiding Of Black Bill

A lank, strong, red-faced man with a Wellington beak and small, fiery eyes tempered by flaxen lashes, sat on the station platform at Los Pinos swinging his legs to and fro.

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The Higher Abdication

Curly the tramp sidled toward the free-lunch counter. He caught a fleeting glance from the bartender's eye, and stood still, trying to look like a business man who had just dined

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The Higher Pragmatism

Where to go for wisdom has become a question of serious import. The ancients are discredited; Plato is boiler-plate; Aristotle is tottering; Marcus Aurelius is reeling;

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Hygeia At The Solito

If you are knowing in the chronicles of the ring you will recall to mind an event in the early 'nineties when, for a minute and sundry odd seconds, a champion and a "would-be"

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The Hypotheses Of Failure

Lawyer Gooch bestowed his undivided attention upon the engrossing arts of his profession. But one flight of fancy did he allow his mind to entertain.

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The Indian Summer Of Dry Valley Johnson

Dry Valley Johnson shook the bottle. You have to shake the bottle before using; for sulphur will not dissolve. Then Dry Valley saturated a small sponge with the liquid and rubbed it carefully into the roots of his hair.

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A Little Local Colour

I mentioned to Rivington that I was in search of characteristic New York scenes and incidents -- some- thing typical, I told him, without necessarily having to spell the first syllable with an "i."

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A Little Talk About Mobs

"I see," remarked the tall gentleman in the frock coat and black slouch hat, "that another street car motorman in your city has narrowly excaped lynching at the hands of an infuriated mob

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Madame Bo-peep, Of The Ranches

"Aunt Ellen," said Octavia, cheerfully, as she threw her black kid gloves carefully at the dignified Persian cat on the window-seat, "I'm a pauper."

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The Marry Month Of May

Prithee, smite the poet in the eye when he would sing to you praises of the month of May. It is a month presided over by the spirits of mischief and madness.

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A Matter Of Mean Elevation

One winter the Alcazar Opera Company of New Orleans made a speculative trip along the Mexican, Central American and South American coasts. The venture proved a most successful one.

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The Missing Chord

I stopped overnight at the sheep-ranch of Rush Kinney, on the Sandy Fork of the Nueces. Mr. Kinney and I had been strangers up to the time when I called "Hallo!" at his hitching-rack;

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The Moment Of Victory

Download Story as PDF Ben Granger is a war veteran aged twenty-nine–which should enable you to guess the war. He is also principal merchant and postmaster of Cadiz,


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A Newspaper Story

Download Story as PDF At 8 A. M. it lay on Giuseppi’s news-stand, still damp from the presses. Giuseppi, with the cunning of his ilk, philandered on the opposite comer, leaving his patrons to help themselves,


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No Story

Download Story as PDF To avoid having this book hurled into corner of the room by the suspicious reader, I will assert in time that this is not a newspaper story.


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One Dollar's Worth

Download Story as PDF The judge of the United States court of the district lying along the Rio Grande border found the following letter one morning in his mail:


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Out Of Nazareth

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The Pimienta Pancakes

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A Poor Rule

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The Princess And The Puma

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The Ransom Of Mack

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Me and old Mack Lonsbury, we got out of that Little Hide-and-Seek gold mine affair with about $40,000 apiece. I say “old” Mack; but he wasn’t old. Forty-one, I should say; but he always seemed old.


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The Ransom Of Red Chief

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The Red Roses Of Tonia

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The Reformation Of Calliope

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The Roads We Take

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The Rose Of Dixie

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Round The Circle

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The Rubber Plant's Story

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Rus In Urbe

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