David Rasmunsen was a hustler, and, like many a greater man, a man of the one idea. Wherefore, when the clarion call of the North rang on his ear, he conceived an adventure in eggs and bent all his energy to its achievement.
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Saturday, 5 April 2014
The One Thousand Dozen
The Passing of Marcus O'Brien
"It is the judgment of this court that you vamose the camp . . . in the customary way, sir, in the customary way."
Judge Marcus O'Brien was absent-minded, and Mucluc Charley nudged him in the ribs.
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The Priestly Prerogative
This is the story of a man who did not appreciate his wife; also, of a woman who did him too great an honor when she gave herself to him. Incidentally, it concerns a Jesuit priest who had never been known to lie.
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Friday, 4 April 2014
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Three Powerful Words
A funny story is told about General George Patton from his World War
II days. He once accepted an invitation to dine at a press camp in
Africa.
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The Letters
Up the long hill from the station at St.-Cloud, Lizzie West climbed
in the cold spring sunshine. As she breasted the incline,
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The Long Run
It was last winter, after a twelve years' absence from New York, that I saw again, at one of the Jim Cumnors' dinners, my old friend Halston Merrick.
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