The Complete Works of O. Henry

They deserve the compliment," said I. "I think they are entitled to be called the honest sex."

"Why shouldn't they be?" said Jeff. "They've got the other sex either grafting or working overtime for 'em.

safe and sound

lead-pipe cinch

or the placation of Bildad Rose there was news of a stable, not ruined beyond service, with hay in a loft, near the house

with hay in a loft

ight inches it measured now, on a level. The remainder of the road was not without peril in daylight, creeping along the ribs of a bijou range of ragged mountain

o use to ask them Mexicans," he said to Sandridge. "They're afraid to tell. This hombre they call the Kid--Goodall is his name, ain't it?--he's been in my store once or twice. I have an idea you might run across him at--but I guess I don't keer to say, myself. I'm two seconds later in pulling a gun than I used to be, and the difference is worth thinking about. But this Kid's got a half-Mex

amped at a water hole on the Nueces with a squad of five men in preservation of law and order.

the top notch of good things to eat,

ept flopping back again before I