Short Fiction by O. Henry

A Matter of Loyalty

Words you’ll meet in this part (2)
resent
To feel bitterness or anger about something unfair.
imputation
The act of attributing or assigning something to someone.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 2 new words

A Matter of Loyalty

Two men were talking at the Grand Central depot yesterday, and one of them was telling about a difficulty he had recently been engaged in.

“He said I was the biggest liar ever heard in Texas,” said the man, “and I jumped on him and blacked both his eyes in about a minute.”

“That’s right,” said the other man, “a man ought to an of that sort right away.”

“It wasn’t exactly that,” said the first speaker, “but Tom Achiltree is a second cousin of mine, and I won’t stand by and hear any man belittle him.”

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