Short Fiction by O. Henry

His Doubt

Words you’ll meet in this part (9)
cottage
A small, simple house, typically in a rural or semi-rural area.
prairie
A large open area of grassland, especially in North America.
clerk
A person employed to keep records or accounts in an office.
cradle
A small bed for a baby, often on rockers.
imposed
Forced or applied as a requirement or obligation.
ourselves
The reflexive form of "we," referring to the speaker and others.
harmony
Agreement or concord in feelings, actions, or opinions.
woodshed
A small building used for storing firewood.
muttered
Spoke quietly or indistinctly, often in a grumbling or complaining tone.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 9 new words

His Doubt

They lived in a neat little on Avenue, and had been married about a year. She was young and sentimental and he was a at fifty dollars per month. She sat rocking the and looking at a bunch of something pink and white that was lying asleep, and he was reading the paper.

“Charlie,” she said, presently, “you must begin to realize that you must economize and lay aside something each month for the future. You must realize that the new addition to our home that will bring us joy and pleasure and make sweet music around our fireside must be provided for. You must be ready to meet the obligations that will be upon you, and remember that another than must be considered, and that as our hands strike the chords so shall either or discord be made, and as the notes mount higher and higher, we shall be held to account for our trust here below. Do you realize the responsibility?”

Charlie said “Yes,” and then went out in the and to himself: “I wonder whether she was talking about the kid, or means to buy a piano on the installment plan.”

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