# O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1924

O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD
PRIZE STORIES of 1924
PRIZE STORIES
of 1924
CHOSEN BY THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
with an introduction by BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS
Author of “A Handbook on Story Writing,” “Our Short Story Writers,” Etc.
Associate Professor of English, Hunter College of the City of New York
Instructor in Story Writing, Columbia University (Extension Teaching and Summer Session)
GARDEN CITYNEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copyright, 1924, by The McCall Company, The Century Co., The American Mercury, Inc., Consolidated Magazines Corporation, P. F. Collier & Son Company, Harper & Brothers, The Atlantic Monthly Company, The Forum Publishing Company, The Curtis Publishing Company, The Frank A. Munsey Company, The Pictorial Review Company, The Crowell Publishing Company, and Charles Scribner’s Sons.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
First Edition
CONTENTS
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* Introduction. By Blanche Colton Williams.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................vii
* The Spring Flight. By Inez Haynes Irwin................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* Margaret Blake. By Chester T. Crowell................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
* Rachel and Her Children. By Frances Newman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* Uriah’s Son. By Stephen Vincent Benet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* The Most Dangerous Game. By Richard Connell.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* Horse and Horse. By Charles Caldwell Dobie................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* Professor Boynton Rereads History. By Edith R. Mirrielees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* The Secret at the Crossroads. By Jefferson Mosley................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126
* The Tie That Binds, By George Pattullo................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................142
* The Courier of the Czar. By Elsie Singmaster................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................155
* ’Lijah. By Edgar Valentine Smith................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172
* A River Combine—Professional. By Raymond S. Spears................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................190
* What Do You Mean—Americans? By Wilbur Daniel Steele................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................205
* One Uses the Handkerchief. By Elinore Cowan Stone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................225
* Progress. By Harriet Welles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238
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