The $30,000 Bequest — A Dog’s Tale — Was It Heaven? Or Hell? — A Cure for the Blues — The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant — The Californian’s Tale — A Helpless Situation — A Telephonic Conversation — Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale — The Five Boons of Life — The First Writing-machines — Italian without a Master — Italian with Grammar — A Burlesque Biography — How to Tell a Story — General Washington’s Negro Body-servant — Wit Inspirations of the “Two-year-olds” — An Entertaining Article — A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury — Amended Obituaries — A Monument to Adam — A Humane Word from Satan — Introduction to “The New Guide of the — Conversation in Portuguese and English” — Advice to Little Girls — Post-mortem Poetry — The Danger of Lying in Bed — Portrait of King William III — Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? — Extracts from Adam’s Diary — Eve’s
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
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I didn’t mean so bad as that, Aleck; I didn’t really mean immoral piety, I only meant–meant–well, conventional piety, you know; er–shop piety; the–the–why, YOU know what I mean. Aleck–the–well, where you put up that plated article and play it for solid, you know, without intending anything improper, but just out of trade habit,
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