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The Two-Cent Stamp by Ellis Parker Butler
The house in Tenth Street where Philo Gubb was doing a job of paper-hanging when he made the happy error…
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The Un-Burglars by Ellis Parker Butler
Although Detective Gubb’s experience with the oubliette-elevator did not lead to the detection of the dynamiters for whom a reward…
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The Water Goats by Ellis Parker Butler
“And then,” said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, “in the lake…
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Waffles and Mustard by Ellis Parker Butler
Though you may think Waffles and Mustard is a story involving food, it’s really about detective Philo Gubb’s search for…
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Our Aromatic Uncle by Henry Cuyler Bunner
This story is from Love in Old Cloathes and Other Stories (1896). “It is always with a feeling of personal…
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The Nice People by Henry Cuyler Bunner
This story is from Bunner’s Short Sixes and also appeared in his periodical Puck in the July 30, 1890 issue.…
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The Nine Cent-Girls by Henry Cuyler Bunner
MISS BESSIE VAUX, of Baltimore, paid a visit to her aunt, the wife of the Commandant at old Fort Starbuck,…
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Elijah, the Prophet by Ivan Bunin
Elijah, the Prophet was translated and published in The Russian Review in April, 1916.There was a fire that Spring at…
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Figures by Ivan Bunin
Figures was translated and published in The Russian Review in June, 1916.I. My dear boy, when you grow up will…
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The Gentleman from San Francisco by Ivan Bunin
Alas, alas, that great city Babylon,that mighty city!the apocalypseThe gentleman from San Francisco—neither at Naples nor at Capri had anyone…
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