Stories That End Well

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Octave Thanet. Stories That End Well

Stories That End Well

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STORIES THAT END WELL

AN ADVENTURE IN ALTRURIA

THROUGH THE TERRORS OF THE LAW

A STORY OF ARKANSAS

THE REAL THING

THE OLD PARTISAN

A STORY OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF 1896

MAX—OR HIS PICTURE

THE STOUT MISS HOPKINS' BICYCLE

THE SPELLBINDER

THE OBJECT OF THE FEDERATION

THE LITTLE LONELY GIRL

THE HERO OF COMPANY G

A MIRACLE PLAY

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Octave Thanet

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Well, she does; she was awful sorry for the trouble to us, but the woman fell down at her door, and she was in dire misery, and Miss Mercy she felt she had got to take her in. My word, Miss Patsy, I had to shet my teeth a minute to keep back my feelings, but every word I said was: 'I guess you better move that other bed out and then you can burn this one!' Heavens, I ain't going to describe the next hour till the doctor come. Now, she's laying comfortable in the doctor's gown, in that nice clean bed, and I've made her chicken broth and mustard plasters and everything else for her comfort.

"When the doctor come, she said, 'This goes the limit,' and then she bit off the rest and swallered it and said, 'We'll have to scrub her.' And we did—with washing powder and scouring soap. I hope it hurt, but I'm 'fraid it didn't."

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