The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

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O Henry. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

THE TRIMMED LAMP

A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT

THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL

THE PENDULUM

TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN

THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS

THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY

THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O'ROON

BRICKDUST ROW

THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER

VANITY AND SOME SABLES

THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE

THE PURPLE DRESS

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99

THE LOST BLEND

A HARLEM TRAGEDY

"THE GUILTY PARTY"

ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS

A MIDSUMMER KNIGHT'S DREAM

THE LAST LEAF

THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST

THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION

THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT

THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER

ELSIE IN NEW YORK

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To Carson Chalmers, in his apartment near the square, Phillips brought the evening mail. Beside the routine correspondence there were two items bearing the same foreign postmark.

One of the incoming parcels contained a photograph of a woman. The other contained an interminable letter, over which Chalmers hung, absorbed, for a long time. The letter was from another woman; and it contained poisoned barbs, sweetly dipped in honey, and feathered with innuendoes concerning the photographed woman.

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"Did you ever hear of Sherrard Plumer?" he asked, with a strange smile.

"I remember the name," said Chalmers. "He was a painter, I think, of a good deal of prominence a few years ago."

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