A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

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Chambers Robert William. A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY

A PILGRIM

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THE SHINING BAND

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ONE MAN IN A MILLION

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THE FIRE-WARDEN

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THE MARKET-HUNTER

THE PATH-MASTER

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IN NAUVOO

MARLITT’S SHOES

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PASQUE FLORIDA

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AT ten minutes before five in the evening the office doors of the Florida and Key West Railway Company flew open, and a young man emerged in a hurry.

Suit-case in one hand, umbrella in the other, he sped along the corridor to the elevator-shaft, arriving in time to catch a glimpse of the lighted roof of the cage sliding into depths below.

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“I was thinking that perhaps you had forgiven me,” he said, hopefully.

“I have” – she frowned a little – “I think I have.”

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