Project Gutenberg 1999-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 286 Henry, O. 1862 1910 Porter, William Sidney Whirligigs The world and the door -- The theory and the hound -- The hypotheses of failure -- Calloway's code -- A matter of mean elevation -- "Girl" -- Sociology in serge and straw -- The ransom of Red Chief -- The marry month of May -- A technical error -- Suite homes and their romance -- The whirligig of life -- A sacrifice hit -- The roads we take -- A blackjack bargainer -- The song and the sergeant -- One dollar's worth -- A newspaper story -- Tommy's burglar -- A chaparral Christmas gift -- A little local colour -- Georgia's ruling -- Blind man's holiday -- Madame Bo-Peep, of the ranches. anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteers and Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "Whirligigs" by O. Henry is a collection of short stories likely written during the early 20th century. The book explores various themes and characters, weaving together witty narratives that often revolve around mistaken identities, moral quandaries, and the unpredictable nature of life. The opening of "Whirligigs" introduces us to H. Ferguson Hedges, a wealthy New Yorker, who finds himself in a quarrel that escalates into violence, leading to his apparent death at the hands of Ralph Merriam. Merriam, feeling pushed into a corner, flees aboard a fruit steamer to La Paz, where he meets Mrs. Conant, a woman with a mysterious past of her own. The tension between their new romance and the shadows of their previous lives sets the stage for a tale of love, morality, and the unexpected twists that fate can take. As the story unfolds, the complex dynamics of their relationship surface, highlighting their attempts to escape their troubled pasts while confronting the consequences of their actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 493362 493427 2024-09-01T10:19:47.373780 2023-10-01T09:25:05.253198 text/html text/html 519299 2023-06-28T13:27:34 text/html 397993 2024-09-01T10:19:54.340755 application/epub+zip 397657 2024-09-01T10:19:48.741802 application/epub+zip 397657 2024-09-01T10:19:47.968788 application/epub+zip 1125118 2024-09-01T10:19:59.031718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1100986 2024-09-01T10:19:53.778790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371737 2022-09-01T11:38:09.779107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467612 467559 2024-09-01T10:19:46.723781 2023-10-01T09:25:04.643207 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 467446 2023-06-28T13:28:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18686 2024-09-01T10:19:59.174709 application/rdf+xml 11630 2024-09-01T10:19:48.235784 image/jpeg 1759 2024-09-01T10:19:48.117781 image/jpeg 179106 2023-06-28T13:28:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 742196 2023-06-28T13:29:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 749609 2024-09-01T10:19:47.422772 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia