Front matter
Reading edition
TWENTY-THREE STORIES
BY
TWENTY AND THREE AUTHORS
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK MCMXXIV
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
KerfolEdith Wharton
The Chink and the ChildThomas Burke
The NomadRobert Hichens
The Crucifixion of The OutcastW. B. Yeats
The Drums of KairwanThe Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
A Life—A Bowl of RiceL. De Bra
HodgeElinor Mordaunt
HatterasA. W. Mason
The RansomCutliffe Hyne
The Other TwinEdwin Pugh
The Narrow WayR. Ellis Roberts
Davy Jones’s GiftJohn Masefield
The Call of the HandLouis Golding
The Sentimental MortgageArthur Lynch
Captain SharkeyA. Conan Doyle
ViolenceAlgernon Blackwood
The Reward of EnterpriseWard Muir
Grear’s DamMorley Roberts
The King of MalekaH. De Vere Stacpoole
AlleluiaT. F. Powys
The Monkey’s PawW. W. Jacobs
The CreaturesWalter de la Mare
The TaipanW. Somerset Maugham