Postscripts
by O. Henry
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About This Book
O. Henry went to the Houston Post at the invitation of its editor and his first column appeared in the Post on October 18, 1895, entitled Tales of the Town. The caption soon changed to Postscripts and Pencillings and later still to Some Postscripts. O. Henry went to the Houston Post under his real name of Sidney Porter, but it was as "The Post Man" that he referred to himself in his writings. Favorite haunts in Houston were the lobby of the old Hutchins House, The Grand Central Depot, and street corners. He used to sit for hours in the hotel, his eyes playing over the faces of guests. Certain,...
Chapters (143)
- Postscripts
- Foreword
- Postscripts
- The Sensitive Colonel Jay
- A Matter of Loyalty
- Taking No Chances
- The Other Side of It
- Journalistically Impossible
- The Power of Reputation
- The Distraction of Grief
- A Sporting Interest
- Had a Use for It
- The Old Landmark
- A Personal Insult
- Toddlekins
- Reconciliation
- Buying a Piano
- Too Late
- Nothing to Say
- “Goin Home Fur Christmas”
- Just a Little Damp
- Her Mysterious Charm
- Convinced
- His Dilemma
- Something for Baby
- Some Day
- A Green Hand
- A Righteous Outburst
- Getting at the Facts
- Just for a Change
- Too Wise
- A Fatal Error
- Prompt
- The Rake-Off
- The Telegram
- An Opportunity Declined
- Correcting a Great Injustice
- A Startling Demonstration
- Leap Year Advice
- After Supper
- His Only Opportunity
- Getting Acquainted
- Answers to Inquiries
- City Perils
- Hush Money
- Relieved
- No Time to Lose
- A Villainous Trick
- A Forced March
- Book Reviews
- A Conditional Pardon
- Inconsistency
- Bill Nye
- To a Portrait
- A Guarded Secret
- A Pastel
- Jim
- Board and Ancestors
- An X-Ray Fable
- A Universal Favorite
- Spring
- The Sporting Editor on Culture
- A Question of Direction
- The Old Farm
- Willing to Compromise
- Ridiculous
- Guessed Everything Else
- The Prisoner of Zembla
- Lucky Either Way
- The “Bad Man”
- A Slight Mistake
- Delayed
- A Good Story Spoiled
- Revenge
- No Help for It
- Rileys Luck
- “Not So Much a Tam Fool”
- A Guess-Proof Mystery Story
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Futility
- The Wounded Veteran
- Her Ruse
- Why Conductors Are Morose
- “Only to Lie—”
- The Pewee
- The Sunday Excursionist
- Decoration Day
- Charge of the White Brigade
- An Inspiration
- Coming to Him
- His Pension
- The Winner
- Hungry Henry’s Ruse
- A Proof of Love
- One Consolation
- An Unsuccessful Experiment
- Superlatives
- Even Worse
- The Shock
- The Cynic
- Speaking of Big Winds
- Unknown Title
- Calculations
- A Valedictory
- Solemn Thoughts
- Explaining It
- Her Failing
- A Disagreement
- An E for a Knee
- The Unconquerable
- An Expensive Veracity
- Grounds for Uneasiness
- It Covers Errors
- Recognition
- His Doubt
- A Cheering Thought
- What It Was
- Vanity
- Identified
- The Apple
- How It Started
- Red Conlin’s Eloquence
- Why He Hesitated
- Turkish Questions
- Somebody Lied
- Marvelous
- The Confession of a Murderer
- “Get Off the Earth”
- The Stranger’s Appeal
- The Good Boy
- The Colonel’s Romance
- A Narrow Escape
- A Years Supply
- Eugene Field
- Slightly Mixed
- Knew What Was Needed
- Some Ancient News Notes
- A Sure Method
- Endnotes
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