Short Fiction by O. Henry

Revenge

Words you’ll meet in this part (12)
exhibition
A public display of art, artifacts, or other items of interest.
specimens
Samples or examples used for study or analysis.
vindicator
A person who seeks to clear someone of blame or suspicion.
goaded
Urged or provoked someone to act, often annoyingly.
pathos
A quality that evokes pity or sadness.
vales
Valleys (plural of vale).
warbling
Singing or chirping with melodious, fluctuating tones.
altar
A raised structure or table used for religious ceremonies, sacrifices, or offerings.
tarnished
Made less bright or shiny, often due to oxidation or dirt.
seared
Cooked quickly at high heat to brown the surface.
miniature
A very small-scale representation or model of something.
rivulet
A small stream or brook.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 12 new words

Revenge

The man, woman, child, or animal who pens “Postscripts” for the Houston Post is a weird, wild-eyed genius and ought to be captured and put on with the “nameless things” they are taking out of the government well at San Marcos. There is certainly a reward for both .

Kyle Star-

Although we can stand a great deal, this attack has us to what is perhaps a bitter and cruel, but not entirely an unjustifiable revenge. Below will be found an editorial from the last number of the Star-Vindicator:

“Spring, with her magic word of music, , and joy, has touched a thousand hills and , has set a million throats to ; sunshine, song, and flowers bedeck every and crown each day more glorious. Imperial spring is here—the brightest, gayest, and best of all God’s seasons. Springtime is like the little child—crowned with its own purity and love not and with the hand of Time. It is like the bright, sparkling that bursts from the mountain side and goes merrily over the shining pebbles before it hastens into a dark, deep, dangerous river. The sweet cadence of music, the scent of wafted perfumes, the stretch of glorious landscape, radiated and beautified with lovely gems of Oriental hue, catch our attention at every step. The world today is a wilderness of flowers, a bower of beauty, and millions of sweet native warblers make its pastures concert halls, where we can go in peace at even-time, after the strife, the toil, the disappointments, and sorrows of our labors here and gather strength, courage, and hope to meet on the morrow life’s renewed duties and responsibilities.”

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