The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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aid his mother. "I never saw such gorgeous tints in all m

h. "A stunning good idea. They

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ou mean?"

on't mean to tell us that you let the Van Ka

y responded. "Just com

hat this had been overlooked, but his mother afterwards set him right about that. Mrs. Van Kamp had cleverly left it so th

ring, the great, gaunt windows-and she gave in. She had met with snub after snub, and cut after cut, in her social climb, she had had the cook quit in the middle of an important din

ut the food transaction, and she hastily pu

oon. They will be compelled to compromise,

le and explored the other two. She went wildly out into the hall, back into the l

e mirror left in the

racteristic woman trick, and wondered admiringly whether Evelyn or

over the kitchen to get a pitcher. A cracked shaving-mug was the only vessel that had b

ump handle when Mr. Van Kam

ngs to us. My daughter bought it, all that is in the ground, abov