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O. Henry's Last Story
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li e i hi ll. ith I h L riding of thi t lis the n t h:lt has L c:L nl m irthl 1 m illions \;aL aid
ideL fILL Icr. 'Ilhcr i a pI c ulir l lhus in the uninishel sentlnl c, fo r the life- I rk tIhat en(Il d here
:l I rlilk I ot linishcd, thulh the \OI rlk that \as l'fI behind might Ii ll have o(i u id ;I longL lif .
The Dream
M I l h IIdloh" mal science nla!
when \ l would cpl;i n to Is Ithe
sItrII \N I ni urI L of ouill r I n' L.r e 11t cI l s1)' es11
when walndh'ril in the realm of "1)ctih's
twin brot hr, Slpccp." This slory will not
;Illh t' I Il Ih illu iml ive'; it is no llmore than
:i Irc) f lurr l 's lr:Inl. ( )ne of tIhe
m 1sl puL in h:lsc; oll l ht strani w lking
sleep is Ih:t <dreams w \wh seem to ier
Imonhs ll' or I n r'Il s l take pII cl within
:1 ft ' . sounds or mintlls'.
rIrll i i S waiting in his cell in th e wIanl
iof the condemned. An electric arc light in
til ceiling of the corridor shone brightly upon
his tl lc. ( N Ill l i ct of whi e paper 1n alilt
crawled wildly here lid there as Alurr v
hlockcl his wav wxith an envelope. The
electrocution was set for ciht o'clock in the
evening. 11urraY smiled at the antics of the
wiscst of insects.
Thrc er, av en oithr conim'rnned men in
Im h: l seen three l ken out to their [:11i :
one gone m:l and I l t ing likc , va olf c:iught
in a trai'I; onie, n1o ]css ma , olTcringi up aL
s:1 timonliouslip-scn\ icct I I leaven; the third
mI\In heart, foot, and fIace would mcct his
punishment; for this w s his c\cnin=. H'e
thIlouht it must he nc1 rl eight o'clock.
( )ppositlc his i i ti ' h the 11o rlNs of cells
wIas the cageL' ofI lilnl ilo, the Sicilian sl11'1 r (- of
hislhIctrth I d ndof two olllcers who cume iLto ar-
rest him. \\ith him Nlurr:thad lc(d i hck-
ers many a long hour, each calling his nve
to his unseen opponent across the corridor.
lionifacio's great ,ooming voice with its
indulcstructile singing quality called out,
" Eh, lees<tro Alurra; how you feel- :ill-
a right - es
"Ali right, lionifacio," said Alurrav stcald-
ily, as ihe iilowcd tlhe ant to craI vl upon the
i,, cl,ipe and then lumlped it gently on the
'll'nc Iiol l".
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