Short Stories / Рассказы
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О. Генри. Short Stories / Рассказы
Ships
The Lotus and the Bottle
A Service of Love
The Furnished Room
The Trimmed Lamp
The Last Leaf
The Handbook of Hymen
The Princess and the Puma
A Comedy in Rubber
Squaring the Circle
The Octopus Marooned
The Hand that Riles the World
Roads of Destiny
“Next to Reading Matter”
The Hiding of Black Bill
A Poor Rule
The Girl and the Graft
Babes in the Jungle
The Whirligig of Life
The Roads We Take
A Ruler of Men
The Last of the Troubadours
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Within a week a suitable building had been secured in the Calle Grande, and Mr Hemstetter’s stock of shoes arranged upon their shelves. The rent of the store was moderate; and the stock made a fine showing of neat white boxes, attractively displayed.
Johnny’s friends stood by him loyally. On the first day Keogh strolled into the store in a casual kind of way about once every hour, and bought shoes. After he had purchased a pair each of extension soles, congress gaiters, button kids, low-quartered calfs, dancing pumps, rubber boots, tans of various hues, tennis shoes and flowered slippers, he sought out Johnny to be prompted as to the names of other kinds that he might inquire for. The other English-speaking residents also played their parts nobly by buying often and liberally. Keogh was grand marshal, and made them distribute their patronage, thus keeping up a fair run of custom for several days.
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A look of supreme, almost incredulous, delight dawned in Keogh’s ruddy countenance. He dropped his pencil. His eyes turned upon the sunburned young man with joy in them mingled with fear lest his ecstasy should prove a dream.
“For God’s sake tell me,” said Keogh, earnestly, “are you Dink Pawson?”
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