Short Fiction by O. Henry

Her Failing

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Her Failing

They were two Houston girls, and they were taking a spin on their wheels. They met a girl who didn’t “bike,” out driving with a young man in a buggy.

Of course they must say something about her—as this is a true story and they were real, live girls—so one of them said:

“I never did like that girl.”

“Why?”

“Oh, she’s too effeminate.”

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