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The Gentle Grafter

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The Gentle Grafter (1908)
by O. Henry
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THE GENTLE GRAFTER


THE

Gentle Grafter


BY

O. HENRY

Author of

The Voice of the City, Heart of the West, Cabbages and Kings, The Four Million, The Trimmed Lamp, etc.



NEW YORK
THE McCLURE COMPANY
MCMVIII

Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company



Copyright, 1904, 1907, by The S. S. McClure Company
Copyright, 1906, by The Frank A. Munsey Company

CONTENTS

The Octopus Marooned 3
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet 18
Modern Rural Sports 33
The Chair of Philanthromathematics 45
The Hand That Riles the World 58
The Exact Science of Matrimony 71
A Midsummer Masquerade 85
Shearing the Wolf 99
Innocents of Broadway 112
Conscience in Art 126
The Man Higher Up 137
A Tempered Wind 160
Hostages to Momus 197
The Ethics of Pig 220

THE GENTLE GRAFTER



This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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