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Title: Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2
The Brigade Commander by J. W. Deforest; Who Was She? by
Bayard Taylor; Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich; Brother Sebastian's Friendship by Harold
Frederic; A Good-For-Nothing by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen;
The Idyl Of Red Gulch by Bret Harte; Crutch, The Page by
George Alfred Townsend ("Gath"); In Each Other's Shoes by
George Parsons Lathrop; The Denver Express by A. A. Hayes;
Jaune D'antimoine by Thomas Allibone Janvier; Ole 'Stracted
by Thomas Nelson Page; Our Consul At Carlsruhe by F. J.
Stimson ("J. S. Of Dale")

Author: Various

Editor: William Patten

Release Date: August 20, 2005 [EBook #16556]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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SHORT STORY CLASSICS (AMERICAN)
VOLUME TWO

EDITED BY
WILLIAM PATTEN

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

P. F. COLLIER & SON
NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1905
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON
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The use of the copyrighted stories in this collection has been
authorized in every instance by the authors or their representatives.

CONTENTS--VOLUME II

THE BRIGADE COMMANDER
J. W. DEFOREST

WHO WAS SHE?
BAYARD TAYLOR

MADEMOISELLE OLYMPE ZABRISKI
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

BROTHER SEBASTIAN'S FRIENDSHIP
HAROLD FREDERIC

A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING
HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN

THE IDYL OF RED GULCH
BRET HARTE

CRUTCH, THE PAGE
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND ("GATH")

IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES
GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP

THE DENVER EXPRESS
A. A. HAYES

JAUNE D'ANTIMOINE
THOMAS ALLIBONE JANVIER

OLE 'STRACTED
THOMAS NELSON PAGE

OUR CONSUL AT CARLSRUHE
F. J. STIMSON ("J. S. OF DALE")

THE BRIGADE COMMANDER
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BY J. W. DE FOREST

_ John William De Forest (born March 36, 1826, in Seymour, Ct.) at the
outbreak of the Rebellion abandoned a promising career as a historian
and writer of books of travel to enlist in the Union army. He served
throughout