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  1. My Roomy
  2. Sick ’Em
  3. Horseshoes
  4. Back to Baltimore
  5. Phil and His 4d
  6. Tour No. 2
  7. Alibi Ike
  8. Harmony
  9. The Poor Simp
  10. Where Do You Get That Noise?
  11. Oh, You Bonehead!
  12. Good for the Soul
  13. The Crook
  14. Champion
  15. A One-Man Team
  16. The Facts
  17. Tour Y-10
  18. The Holdout
  19. Ball-a-Hole
  20. Gas, Oil and Air
  21. The Yellow Kid
  22. The Last Night
  23. The Clubby Roadster
  24. A Chip of the Old Block
  25. The Young Immigrunts By Ring W. Lardner, Jr.1
  26. The Big Town
  27. A Frame-Up
  28. Some Like Them Cold
  29. The Battle of the Century
  30. A Caddy’s Diary
  31. The Golden Honeymoon
  32. Bedtime-Stories
  33. A Closeup of Domba Splew
  34. What of It?
  35. “In Conference”
  36. Haircut
  37. Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It
  38. Zone of Quiet
  39. Women
  40. The Love Nest
  41. A Day with Conrad Green
  42. Reunion
  43. Who Dealt?
  44. Rhythm
  45. Travelogue
  46. I Can’t Breathe
  47. The Jade Necklace
  48. The Story of a Wonder Man Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner
  49. Sun Cured
  50. Hurry Kane
  51. Now and Then
  52. The Spinning Wheel
  53. The Venomous Viper of the Volga
  54. Man Not Overboard
  55. Anniversary
  56. Nora
  57. Liberty Hall
  58. There Are Smiles
  59. Mr. Frisbie
  60. Wedding Day
  61. Dinner
  62. The Maysville Minstrel
  63. Ex Parte
  64. Old Folks’ Christmas
  65. Contract
  66. Absentminded Beggar
  67. High-Rollers
  68. Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One
  69. Pity Is Akin—
  70. That Old Sweetheart of Mine
  71. Great Blessings
  72. Second-Act Curtain
  73. Mamma
  74. Words and Music
  75. Endnotes
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Short Fiction

Ring Lardner

free · 457,792 words · ~31 h read · first published 2003

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My Roomy

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  • Gullible’s Travels
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genres

  • Satire

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Short Fiction by Ring Lardner. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

First published in 2003.

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