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Title: Sixes and Sevens
The Last of the Troubadours; The Sleuths; Witches' Loaves; The Pride of the Cities; Holding Up a Train; Ulysses and the Dogman; The Champion of the Weather; Makes the Whole World Kin; At Arms with Morpheus; A Ghost of a Chance; Jimmy Hayes and Muriel; The Door of Unrest; The Duplicity of Hargraves; Let Me Feel Your Pulse; October and June; The Church with an Overshot-Wheel; New York by Camp Fire Light; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes; The Lady Higher Up; The Greater Coney; Law and Order; Transformation of Martin Burney; The Caliph and the Cad; The Diamond of Kali; The Day We Celebrate

Author: O. Henry

Release Date: August 14, 2000 [eBook #2851]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2005

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

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SIXES AND SEVENS

by

O. HENRY

CONTENTS

I. THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS
II. THE SLEUTHS
III. WITCHES' LOAVES
IV. THE PRIDE OF THE CITIES
V. HOLDING UP A TRAIN
VI. ULYSSES AND THE DOGMAN
VII. THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER
VIII. MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
IX. AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUS
X. A GHOST OF A CHANCE
XI. JIMMY HAYES AND MURIEL
XII. THE DOOR OF UNREST
XIII. THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES
XIV. LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE
XV. OCTOBER AND JUNE
XVI. THE CHURCH WITH AN OVERSHOT-WHEEL
XVII. NEW YORK BY CAMP FIRE LIGHT
XVIII. THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES
XIX. THE LADY HIGHER UP
XX. THE GREATER CONEY
XXI. LAW AND ORDER
XXII. TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY
XXIII. THE CALIPH AND THE CAD
XXIV. THE DIAMOND OF KALI
XXV. THE DAY WE CELEBRATE

I

THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS

Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony. He was going away from the
Rancho Altito at the end of a three-months' visit. It is not to be
expected that a guest should put up with wheat coffee and biscuits
yellow-streaked with saleratus for longer than tha