 He ran from the haunted room downstairs and to a door that showed a crack of light. She came out to his knock. He smothered his excitement as best he could. "Will you tell me, madam," he besought her, "who occupied the room I have before I came?  Waifs and Strays: Twelve Stories - Page 189by O. Henry - 1917 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
 | O. Henry - American fiction - 1906 - 282 pages
...he besought her, " who occupied the room I have before I came? " " Yes, sir. I can tell you again. 'Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta...it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over —... | |
 | O. Henry - New York (N.Y.) - 1906 - 278 pages
...he besought her, " who occupied the room I have before I came? " " Yes, sir. I can tell you again. 'Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta...it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over "... | |
 | Stephen Leacock - Canadian essays - 1916 - 292 pages
...schools and choruses ; by night among the audiences of theatres from all-star casts down to music-halls so low that he dreaded to find what he most hoped...Miss B'retta Sprowls, it was, in the theatres, but Miss Mooney she was. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over " . . . The young man returns... | |
 | Stephen Leacock - Canadian essays - 1916 - 328 pages
...chest of drawers, fumbles upon the shelves, for some sign of her. Nothing and still nothing, — a 260 crumpled playbill, a half-smoked cigar, the dreary...man returns to his room. It is all over. His search is vain. The ebbing of his last hope has drained his faith. . . . For a time he sat staring at the... | |
 | Stephen Leacock - Canadian essays - 1916 - 326 pages
...landlady,—was there not, before him in the room, a young lady? Surely there must have been,—fair, of medium height, and with reddish gold hair? Surely...man returns to his room. It is all over. His search is vain. The ebbing of his last hope has drained his faith. . . . For a time he sat staring at the... | |
 | O. Henry - 1917 - 264 pages
..." who occupied the room I have before I came? " "Yes, sir. I can tell you again. 'Twas Sprowls 214 and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta Sprowls it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over "... | |
 | O. Henry - American fiction - 1922 - 298 pages
...madam," he besought her, "who occupied the room I have before I came?" "Yes, sir. I can tell you again. 'Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta...it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over "... | |
 | O. Henry - American fiction - 1911 - 1422 pages
...room I have before I came?" "Yes, sir. I can tell you again. "Twas Sprowls and Mooncy, as I said. Mist B'retta Sprowls it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over "... | |
 | Charles Gordon Waugh, Martin Harry Greenberg - Fiction - 1989 - 320 pages
...madam," he besought her, "who occupied the room I have before I came?" "Yes, sir. I can tell you again. 'Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta...it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over —... | |
 | O. Henry - Fiction - 2002 - 204 pages
...madam," he besought her, "who occupied the room I have before I came?" "Yes, sir. I can tell you again. Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta Sprowls...it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over "... | |
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