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The Proof of the PuddingThe Proof of the PuddingIt was three oclock, but the luncheon the Kinneys were giving at the Country Club had survived the passing of less leisurely patrons and now dominated the house. The negro waiters, having served all the food and drink prescribed, perched...
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The Cosmic CourtshipThe Cosmic CourtshipTHE twenty-second of June, of the year 2001, was Miriam Maynes birthdayher twenty-first. She and her father, Terence Mayne, the billionaire contractor, had arranged to meet at the Long Island house for dinner. After an early breakfast, she kissed him good-by; he...
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The Balkan Series, 2A Crowned Queen: The Romance of a Minister of State The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to...
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The Disembodied ManThe Disembodied ManIt was snowing. The clean, white, slippery kind of snow that stays for a while, then quickly turns into Chicago slush. Instinctively, he turned his collar up against the cold, and headed for the El, a sentimental relic of the 20th century...
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The Balkan Series, 1An Uncrowned King: A Romance of High Politics After question-time, the First Lord of the Treasury rose to make a statement with regard to the course of public business, the salient feature of which was the announcement that the Government found themselves compelled to...
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How to Get Married, Although a Woman or, The Art of Pleasing MenHow to Get Married, Although a Woman; or, The Art of Pleasing MenIt does not Smart or Irritate the Eye, but is Soothing in its action. Tonic, Astringent and an Antiseptic Lotion, and while it is used by Physicians it is in every sense...
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Damned: The Intimate Story of a GirlDamned: The Intimate Story of a GirlThe most imperfect day known for ages in the Court of Gehenna was drawing to a close. The seven Tartarean courtiers had effaced themselves as far back in the auditorium as the folds of its black and red...
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Ticket to the StarsTicket to the StarsI was sitting in the dining-bar of the Thousand Lights, in New York, watching Kelly as the woman walked into the bar. There was a ripple, an undercurrent of sensation. Not because of the way she looked, not because of her...
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Hidden CountryHidden CountryGeorge Chanlers offer of a position as literary secretary of his Arctic expedition came to me one fine May morning when I was sitting at my desk, glooming from an eighteenth-story height down upon the East River, and dreading to begin the days...
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X Marks the AsteroidX Marks the AsteroidBigger Bailes sat at a beer-bottle-colored glass desk in his underworld retreat, announcing his intent to claim the reward money that for eighty-five years had been piling up at compound interest in the Terra-First National Bank of New York. "Ralph Unterzuyder...
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Man-TrapMan-TrapJerry Kerran watched the news analyst fade from the screen to be replaced by a woman who looked directly at him and said, "Listen, girls! Professor Madigan's greatest invention. A new kind of magnetism more powerful than gravity. Works as a supplement to a...
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No Sons Left to Die!No Sons Left to Die!She stopped eating and stared at the ration of ground cedar bark, rabbit, and a hydroponic which tasted like eggplant. She pushed back her plate and glanced around at the tense girl faces in the huge dining hall. She lifted...
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Queen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old EgyptQueen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old Egypt There was war in Egypt and Egypt was rent in two. At Memphis in the north, at Tanis, and in all the rich lands of the Delta where by many mouths the Nile flows...
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A Man in the ZooA Man in the ZooI HAVE to thank Mr. Arthur Waley for permission to quote from his translation of a poem by Wang Yen-shou, which appears in The Temple and other Poems, published by Messrs. Allen & Unwin. I also wish to say that...
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The Tale of GenjiThe Tale of GenjiREADERS of the Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan, translated by Madame Omori and Professor Doi, will remember that the second of the three diaries is that of a certain Murasaki Shikibu. The little that is known of this ladys...
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CindersCindersJames Worthington Steele was a man of importance. In the affairs of the C. M. & G. Railroad he was E pluribus unum, XXXX, bottled in bond; which is quite some label in these Volsteadian days. To Mrs. James Worthington Steele, a lady of...
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BreadBreadMrs. Sturgis had a way of tapping the ivory keys of the piano with her pencil when she was counting the beat during a music lesson. It made her little pupils nervous and sometimes upset them completely. Now she abruptly interrupted herself and rapped...
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The Advanced-GuardThe Advanced-Guard Fifty years ago the great port of Bab-us-Sahel was in its infancy. The modern ranges of wharfs and breakwaters were represented by a single half-finished pier, and vessels still discharged their passengers and cargo a mile from shore, to the imminent peril...
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Beyond the LawBeyond the LawThe question came quietly out of a long silence. The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partners grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice. Johnny Watson made no answer...
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La Poupée SanglanteLa Poupée SanglanteChapitre I. Derrire les rideaux II. O Bndict Masson n'est pas au bout de ses tonnements III. N'aurait-elle qu'un mtronome sous son corsage? IV. La rouge goutte de sang pse plus que la mer en colre V. Tu viens t'asseoir et tu...
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