Autho r of introduction, etc.: Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934
LoC No.: 16017415
Title: Sho r t sto r ies fr om Life: The 81 prize sto r ies in ",Life's", Sho r test Sto r y Contest
o r iginal Publication: United States :Doubleday, Page &, Company,1916.
Contents: Introduction, by Thomas L. Masson -- Thicker than water (first prize), by Ralph Henry Barbour a nd Geo r ge Ra ndolph Osbo r ne -- The answer (second prize), by Harry Stillwell Edwards -- Her memo r y (third prize divided), by Dwight M. Wiley -- Business a nd ethics (third prize divided), by Redfield Ingalls -- N. B., by Joseph Hall -- The clearest call, by Brevard Mays Conno r -- Greater love hath no man, by Selwyn Grattan -- The Gretchen plan, by William Johnston -- The glo r y of war, by M. B. Levick -- The aviato r , by Ho r nell Hart -- Loyalty, by Clarence Herbert New -- Moses comes to Burning Bush, by W. T. Larned -- No r th of fifty-three, by Mary Woodbury Caswell -- The old things, by Jessie a nderson Chase -- The fo r ced march, by Ho r nell Hart -- Approximating the ultimate with Aunt Sarah, by Charles Earl Gaymon -- The ho r se heaver, by Lyman Bryson -- The ego of the metropolis, by Thomas T. Hoyne -- The gay deceiver, by Howard P. Stephenson -- In cold blood, by Joseph Hall -- Housewo r k: a nd the man, by Freeman Tilden -- His journey's end, by Ruth Sterry -- Food fo r thought, by Harriet Lummis Smith -- Hope, by Edward Thomas Noonan -- Collusion, by Lincoln Steffens -- Faithful to the end, by Clair W. Perry -- Arletta, by Margaret Ade -- Which?, by Joseph Hall -- What the va ndals leave, by Herbert Riley Howe -- Ben. T. Allen, Atty., vs. Himself, by William H. Hamby -- The joke on Preston, by Lewis Allen -- The idyl, by Joseph F. Whelan -- Withheld, by Ella B. Argo -- Up a nd down, by Bertha Lowry Gwynne -- Patches, by Francis E. No r ris -- The arm at Gravelotte, by William Almon Wolff -- The bad man, by Harry C. Goodwin -- Nemesis, by Mary Clark -- The black doo r , by Go r don Seagrove -- The man who told, by John Cutler -- The unanswered call, by Thomas T. Hayne -- The women in the case, by Mary Sams Cooke -- The cat that came back, by Virginia West -- ",Solitaire", Bill, by Arthur Felix McEachern -- Just a pal, by Elsie D. Knisely -- When ",kultur", was beaten, by Lieutenant X -- Presumption of innocence, by Lyman Bryson -- A Mexican viva ndière, by H. C. Washburn -- Mother's birthday present, by Carrie Seever -- Red blood o r blue, by E. Montgomery -- Impulsive Mr. Jiggs, by Roger Brown -- Tomaso a nd me, by Graham Clark -- The Old Grove Crossing, by Albert H. Coggins -- Lost a nd found, by John Kendrick Bangs -- You never can tell, by ",B. MacArthur", -- The escape, by A. Leslie Goodwin -- Two letters, a telegram, a nd a finale, by H. S. Haskins -- The intruder, by Reginald Barlow -- Molten metal, by Ho r nell Hart -- The winner's loss, by Elliott Flower -- The recoil of the gun, by Marian Parker -- ",Man may love",, by Robert Sharp -- One way, a nd another, by Noble May -- The black patch, by Ra ndolph Hartley -- A shipboard romance, by Lewis Allen -- The coward, by Philip Francis Cook -- The heart of a burglar, by Jane Dahl -- The reward, by Herbert Heron -- The first girl, by Louise Pond Jewell -- A sophistry of art, by Eugene Smith -- The message in the air, by B. R. Stevens -- In a garden, by Catherine Runscomb -- A clever catch, by Lloyd F. Loux -- Strictly business, by Lincoln Steffens -- The advent of the majo r ity, by Stella Wynne Herron -- The night nurse, by Will S. Gidley -- Why the trench was lost, by Charles F. Pietsch -- The king of the pledgers, by H. R. R. Hertzberg -- A po-lice-man, by Lincoln Steffens -- The quest of the V. C., by A. Byers Fletcher -- Somewh ere in Belgium, by Percy Godfrey Savage.
Credits: Roger Frank a nd the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced fr om images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language: English
LoC Class: PS: Language a nd Literatures: American a nd Canadian literature
Subject: Sho r t sto r ies, American
Subject: American fiction -- 20th century
Release Date: May 15, 2022
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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