The World and the Door Page: 412
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A lic is I ;- rt IhI it i true,
und] then ad that Truth is
tran r thain Fit tionI . I
i Itru :; ibut the ini itsh purer of the fruit
stc;nw r / ('"rrcro :\\(ore to 1e i-\ the
;hrine of San:ta (;u ulhup, that he haul the
Ict f Iron 1 t1 t,. ice-con u l lt La P;Ii -
it person who cuhd not possibl- hav cIbcen
cogniz:unt of hall of them.
.\i for the l i ti uill, t t liii , I tak l
real in it Inur ly lctiomi lstr-- the other dtY
the Ii, lit, : I" I it i. t' ilhl lthe lic m n .:I
n\ thnkg ... trnge has yet ropIw out in
Truth.
\\hen I. Fergl-M Ihedge , millionaire
promIotcr, inv-tr tn man-about-+\w
1 ork, turned his the ughts upon matters con-
11113l. nd ortl of it client "dowi the line,"
bouncer toulk I p)rcattionariV turn at the
In tlitn ('lubs, iw icrs put ironstone China on
his tfaloritc taIble-, cab drivers crowded close
to, th curbL ton e in front f all-night t cafls,
and careful cashiers in his regular haunt;charged tip a fu\\ lhottle to hi? tccoun1 I
i .i; ;.I n II t i t ; I 11i IIn '-m million ire ili f
mtllI t o Iunt in i it \\ihcr tle an \\ho
Itit , Iur lice of l b i ef bI l hind the frc lunIttch
oun(tL r ride 1 tn \ork in his mln 'lutmntm -
Ilh i . m ill i cdgci s l pent hill lii. t;I lit -
ishl\i,i ht ll ai t l I( shm iltI - thou h he \v rc
oly -t clerk sluandcrin!, i ee '; \\iltes.
t\nd , after il ll, the Itrt, ndc r tlc no in-
tcre,-t in v ur re rVt fund. Il \ id
rather hn>)k vou itI) on hi: ca<h register than
in i l tret.
()n the c\ v ning that the material :llege-
tion oif facts b i s I I tic \\ it s I i Ilin dui ll
(r:Illttl ( it the irear of lia che a f t itt i xi
t d fcllms- -.luaintl nc ; frIn s
\\h d h -i gthermd in his u\nktek.
:Among them \Vere two youn]lgcr nltn-
Rlpih)] Mcrriam, 'i broker, aund \\le, hi;
Tw\o deep-;Ci cabnlcn wtre chartercd.
1t ('olumlu ('ir'c the\" hnve to longr
enoutt h to revile the ;tatu of the cgrat navi-
gator, unpiutrioticallv rebuking him for
hl\ing ia-el in search of land instead if
liquids. Midnight of ertoOk the pllrty mn-
rooned in the rear of a cheap cafe far ulp-
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. The World and the Door, prose (fiction), August 1907; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139400/m1/2/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.