Short Fiction by O. Henry

Chapter II

Words you’ll meet in this part (6)
eighteen
The number following seventeen and preceding nineteen (18).
ravishingly
In an extremely beautiful or attractive manner.
exhibited
Showed or displayed something publicly.
revolver
A handgun with a revolving cylinder holding multiple bullets.
saloon
A public room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served.
tramp
A person who travels on foot from place to place, often without a home or job.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 6 new words

Chapter II

The judge leaves a daughter, Mabel, aged , and lovely. The night before the murder she a and an axe in the principal in town and declared her intention of “doing up” the old man. The judge has his life insured for $100,000 in her favor. Nobody suspects her of the crime.

Mabel is engaged to a young man named Charlie, who is seen on the night of the murder by several citizens climbing out the judge’s window with a bloody razor and a shotgun in his hand. Society gives Charlie the cold shoulder.

A is run over by a street car and before dying confesses to having committed the murder, and at the judge’s funeral his brother, Colonel Smith, breaks down and acknowledges having killed the judge in order to get his watch. Mabel sends to Chicago and employs a skilled detective to work up the case.

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