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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

  
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CONTENTS

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THE $30,000 BEQUEST
 1. 
CHAPTER I
 2. 
CHAPTER II
 3. 
CHAPTER III
 4. 
CHAPTER IV
 5. 
CHAPTER V
 6. 
CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VIII
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A DOG'S TALE
 1. 
CHAPTER I
 2. 
CHAPTER II
 3. 
CHAPTER III
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WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
 1. 
CHAPTER I
 2. 
CHAPTER II
 3. 
CHAPTER III
 4. 
CHAPTER IV
 5. 
CHAPTER V
 6. 
CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER IX
 10. 
CHAPTER X
  
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
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THE CURIOUS BOOK
  
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT
  
THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE
  
A HELPLESS SITUATION
  
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
  
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE
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THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
 1. 
Chapter I
 2. 
Chapter II
 3. 
Chapter III
 4. 
Chapter IV
 5. 
Chapter V
  
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
  
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
  
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
  
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
  
HOW TO TELL A STORY
  
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
  
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE "TWO-YEAR-OLDS"
  
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
  
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
  
AMENDED OBITUARIES
  
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
  
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
  
INTRODUCTION TO "THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH"
  
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
  
POST-MORTEM POETRY
  
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
  
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
  
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
  
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY
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EVE'S DIARY
  
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After the Fall
  
Forty Years Later
  
At Eve's Grave

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5. Chapter V

The fairy came, bringing again four of the gifts, but Death was wanting. She said:

"I gave it to a mother's pet, a little child. It was ignorant, but trusted me, asking me to choose for it. You did not ask me to choose."

"Oh, miserable me! What is left for me?"

"What not even you have deserved: the wanton insult of Old Age."

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