Short Fiction by O. Henry

Helping the Other Fellow

Words you’ll meet in this part (5)
trotter
A horse that moves at a trot (a two-beat gait).
reluctantly
Doing something unwillingly or with hesitation.
condensed
Made denser or more compact.
autobiography
A written account of a person's life, written by that person themselves.
bodega
A small grocery store, often found in urban neighborhoods.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 5 new words

Helping the Other Fellow

“But can thim that helps others help thimselves!”

Mulvaney

This is the story that William told me on the beach at Aguas Frescas while I waited for the gig of the captain of the fruit steamer Andador which was to take me abroad. I was leaving the Land of Always Afternoon. William was remaining, and he favored me with a oral as we sat on the sands in the shade cast by the Nacional.

As usual, I became aware that the Man from Bombay had already written the story; but as he had compressed it to an eight-word sentence, I have become an expansionist, and have quoted his phrase above, with apologies to him and best regards to Terence.

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