The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-03
*'7he Octopus Marooned'
By O. HENRY

What that is like and like an
egg. If do outside The
break Keep sitting it
Look brood colleges that's ehpg
all country
the
self candidate for governor Of Texas
asked jeff jestng he had during his eheekercd paied
which the trust" had applied Somewhat he
"Onee" of Jersey
that opened soldier OF legitimate
monopoly article indispensable the public There wasn't
lost out"
Some unforeseen opposition came up suppose" said
There within the loot Albert Tennyon
That talented
saw Whenever he saw dollar another mans hands he took it as
grudg
besides having lot OF useful information lie had acquired big
He had line OF graft from
Palestine with lot OF pictures OF the annual
Cohcrs Association convention Atlantic City flooding
Connecticut with bogus wood alcohol distilled from nutmegs
Mexico flying dur
ns which Philadelphia capitalist had paid $4,000 for hall interest
Chihuahua Oh all right The other hall
have been worth three hundred thousand often
who wnedth mir
In coming United
lit Bird City; but wasn't The had about inhabitants
figured that their principal OF existence
and plenty the smuggling line Nc
Andy built like something between roof
As the Jupiter Aquaus turning the plugs
Now there three saloons in Bird City, though neither Andy
drank But could the townspeop making TRIANGULAR
all hall the night Everybody seemed
know what to do with as much money as they had
and Andy walked the edge OF the udscape Bird
Rio Gnd deep wide be
cracking and giving away
Andy looks long That mans n,eects
him Right there organized and walked back into
town and it the market
bought I casual
os place. referred bought $500
easy a $500.
The morning City up
The rain still raining, and there heavy clouds
presged about annual rainfas during the
wo weeks But the
Bird City hoped OF its nest led its pin feathers and rocd
the other little dob; lavng station So naturally the body polite
thirsty CALCULATIONS of surprise and ports heum for the Blue Snake
And what does find there:
of
OF him. ready make change the
and d HANDED ~ on the lookout for emergencies The town marshal
deputies having been
wen sir it took Bird City just
expected trouble; there The citizens that
VIC had The railroad thirty miles and would be
would be .fdb
down dollars the bar till sounded like
lection the xy1ophonc.
grown-up adults Bird City that had
of ndiseren and the majority Of en- required from three to twenty
could till the food subsidized beautiful and SIM
pie all truly great swindles
playing instead OF But looked
hundred OF standing in line
nd knew they borrowing
money Sucked in canmy tendls of the octopus
everybody home We
basnder of the u and do the Then
We had taken $1,000 We calculated
City island for weeks the would
with dormitory padded
cells for the faculty and worthy man in Texas with far
provided he furnish the for
the rumen
sch9mc nss and He
the and lit the biggest cigar in the house
Jeff aSs anywhere the world could
with ideas about downreadng the po
and Tucker Incorporated We have
handed sole apopec
Nor: \
"Wel' says l. take garits
ourselves This little
ver to the Skbo And stand it, says I'D rather
bant any day.
pours and does with
the drink had known him to take
"'By way of liberation, to the gods
heather diabetes
the trade beginning
little