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Title: The Veiled Lady
and Other Men and Women

Author: F. Hopkinson Smith

Posting Date: September 11, 2009 [EBook #4713]
Release Date: December, 2003
First Posted: March 6, 2002

Language: English

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THE VEILED LADY

And Other Men And Women

By

F. Hopkinson Smith

CONTENTS

THE VEILED LADY OF STAMBOUL
LORETTA OF THE SHIPYARDS
A COAT OF RED LEAD
MISS MURDOCK,--"SPECIAL"
THE BEGUILING OF PETER GRIGGS
MISS JENNINGS'S COMPANION
SAM JOPLIN'S EPIGASTRIC NERVE
MISS BUFFUM'S NEW BOARDER
CAPTAIN JOE AND THE SUSIE ANN
"AGAINST ORDERS"
MUGGLES'S SUPREME MOMENT

To my Readers:

This collection of stories has been labelled "The Veiled Lady" as being
the easiest way out of a dilemma; and yet the title may be misleading.
While, beyond doubt, there is between these covers a most charming and
lovable Houri, to whom the nightingales sing lullabies, there can also
be found a surpassingly beautiful Venetian whose love affairs upset a
Quarter, a common-sense, motherly nurse whose heart warmed toward her
companion in the adjoining berth, a plucky New England girl with the
courage of her convictions, and a prim spinster whose only consolation
was the boarder who sat opposite.

Nor does the list by any means end here. Rough sea-dogs, with friendly
feelings toward other dogs, crop up, as well as brave Titans who make
derricks of their arms and fender-piles of their bodies. Here, too, are
skinny, sun-dried Excellencies with a taste for revolutions,
well-groomed club swells with a taste for adventure and cocktails, not
to mention half a dozen gay, rollicking Bohemians with a taste for
everything that came their way.

Perhaps it might have been best to enclose each story in a separate
cover, and then to dump the unassorted lot upon the table, where those
who wished could make their choice. And yet, as I turn the leaves, I
must admit that, after all, the present form is best, since each