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The Gentle Grafter, by O. Henry, Illustrated
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Title: The Gentle Grafter The Octopus Marooned -- Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet -- Modern Rural Sports -- The Chair of Philanthromathematics -- The Hand That Riles the World -- The Exact Science of Matrimony -- A Midsummer Masquerade -- Shearing the Wolf -- Innocents of Broadway -- Conscience in Art -- The Man Higher Up -- A Tempered Wind -- Hostages to Momus -- The Ethics of Pig
Author: O. Henry
Release Date: July 1, 1999 [eBook #1805] [Most recently revised: December 18, 2005]
Language: English
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THE GENTLE GRAFTER
by
O. HENRY
Illustrated by H. C. Greening and Mary Wilson Preston
1919
[Illustration: "They began to cuss, amiable, and throw down dollars." (Frontispiece)]
CONTENTS
I. The Octopus Marooned
II. Jeff Peters as a Pe