Hearts and Hands 心与手 1
Witches Loaves 女巫的面包 4
The Cop and the Anthem 警察与赞美诗 9
The Gift of the Magi 麦琪的礼物 17
The Romance of a Busy Broker 忙碌经纪人的浪漫史 24
The Mammon and the Archer 财神与爱神 29
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein 埃基?6?1舍恩斯坦的媚药 37
The Last Leaf 最后一片叶子 43
The Exact Science of Matrimony 精确婚姻学 51
The Furnished Room 带家具出租的房间 59
Springtime A La Carte 菜单上的春天 67
A Service of Love 爱的奉献 74
A Double-Dyed Deceiver 双料骗子 81
The Lotus and the Bottle 莲与瓶 94
A Lickpenny Lover 吝啬的情人 106
Memoirs of a Yellow Dog 黄狗回忆录 113
The Count and the Wedding Guest 伯爵和婚礼来客 119
While the Auto Waits 当汽车等着的时候 127
Telemachus, Friend 生死之交 133
Between Rounds 回合之间 142
An Unfinished Story 未了情 149
Skylight Room 天窗屋 157
Confessions of a Humorist 幽默作家的自白 165
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet 催眠师杰夫?6?1彼得斯 176
The Roads We Take 我们选择的道路 184
The Marionettes 提线木偶 190
Conscience in Art 艺术良心 205
Let Me Feel Your Pulse 让我摸摸你的脉搏 213
The Red Roses of Tonia 托妮亚的红玫瑰 228
The Hand that Riles the World 混世魔手 239
The Pendulum 钟摆 246
By Courier 爱情信使 252
After Twenty Years 二十年后 257
A Retrieved Reformation 浪子回头 261
The Princess and the Puma 公主与美洲狮 271
The Ransom of Red Chief 红酋长的赎金 279
The Passing of Black Eagle 飞逝的黑鹰 292
Roads of Destiny 命运之路 305
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At Denver there was an influx of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded by all the luxurious comforts of an experienced traveler. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome presence with a bold, frank countenance and manner; the other a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dressed. The two were handcuffed together.
As they passed down the aisle of the coach the only vacant seat offered was a reversed one facing the attractive young woman. Here the linked couple seated themselves. The young womans glance fell upon them with a distant, swift disinterest; then with a lovely smile brightening her countenance and a tender pink tingeing her rounded cheeks, she held out a little gray-gloved hand. When she spoke her voice, full, sweet, and deliberate, proclaimed that its owner was accustomed to speak and be heard.
Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppose I must. Dont you ever recognize old friends when you meet them in the West?
The younger man roused himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with a slight embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.
Its Miss Fairchild, he said, with a smile. Ill ask you to excuse the other hand; its otherwise engaged just at present.
He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining bracelet to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girls eyes slowly changed to a bewildered horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Her lips parted in a vague, relaxing distress. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other forestalled him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girls countenance with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes.
Youll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see youre acquainted with the marshall here. If youll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the pen hell do it, and itll make things easier for me there. Hes taking me to Leavenworth prison. Its seven years for counterfeiting.
Oh! said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. So that is what you are doing out here? A marshal!
My dear Miss Fairchild, said Easton, calmly, I had to do something. Money has a way of taking wings unto itself, and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening in the West, andwell, a marshalship isnt quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but
The ambassador, said the girl, warmly, doesnt call any more. He neednt ever have done so. You ought to know that. And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers. Thats different from the Washington life. You have been missed from the old crowd.
The girls eyes, fascinated, went back, widening a little, to rest upon the glittering handcuffs.
Dont you worry about them, miss, said the other man. All marshals handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr. Easton knows his business.
Will we see you again soon in Washington? asked the girl.
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