The Other Fellow

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Francis Hopkinson Smith. The Other Fellow

The Other Fellow

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DICK SANDS, CONVICT

A KENTUCKY CINDERELLA

A WATERLOGGED TOWN

THE BOY IN THE CLOTH CAP

BETWEEN SHOWERS IN DORT

ONE OF BOB'S TRAMPS

ACCORDING TO THE LAW

"NEVER HAD NO SLEEP"

THE MAN WITH THE EMPTY SLEEVE

"TINCTER OV IRON"

"FIVE MEALS FOR A DOLLAR"

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Francis Hopkinson Smith

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The child looked at me with her pale eyes, and crept still closer, holding on to the man's arm, steadying herself as the stage bumped over the crossings.

For some minutes I kept still, my topics of conversation especially adapted to convicts being limited. Despite my implied boasting to the driver, I had never, to my knowledge, met one before. Then, again, I had not yet adjusted my mind to the fact that the man before me had ever worn stripes. So I said, aimlessly:—

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