Project Gutenberg 1999-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 405 Henry, O. 1862 1910 Porter, William Sidney Whirligigs The world and the door -- The theory and the hound -- The hypotheses of failure -- Calloway's code -- A matter of mean elevation -- "Girl" -- Sociology in serge and straw -- The ransom of Red Chief -- The marry month of May -- A technical error -- Suite homes and their romance -- The whirligig of life -- A sacrifice hit -- The roads we take -- A blackjack bargainer -- The song and the sergeant -- One dollar's worth -- A newspaper story -- Tommy's burglar -- A chaparral Christmas gift -- A little local colour -- Georgia's ruling -- Blind man's holiday -- Madame Bo-Peep, of the ranches. anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteers and Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "Whirligigs" by O. Henry is a collection of short stories likely written during the early 20th century. The book explores various themes and characters, weaving together witty narratives that often revolve around mistaken identities, moral quandaries, and the unpredictable nature of life. The opening of "Whirligigs" introduces us to H. Ferguson Hedges, a wealthy New Yorker, who finds himself in a quarrel that escalates into violence, leading to his apparent death at the hands of Ralph Merriam. Merriam, feeling pushed into a corner, flees aboard a fruit steamer to La Paz, where he meets Mrs. Conant, a woman with a mysterious past of her own. The tension between their new romance and the shadows of their previous lives sets the stage for a tale of love, morality, and the unexpected twists that fate can take. As the story unfolds, the complex dynamics of their relationship surface, highlighting their attempts to escape their troubled pasts while confronting the consequences of their actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Short stories, American PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 493507 2025-07-01T10:04:18.105709 text/html 519299 2023-06-28T13:27:34 text/html 398186 2025-07-01T10:04:24.285657 application/epub+zip 397598 2025-07-01T10:04:19.261717 application/epub+zip 397599 2025-07-01T10:04:18.618721 application/epub+zip 1124936 2025-07-01T10:04:28.365680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1100986 2025-07-01T10:04:23.786635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371737 2022-09-01T11:38:09.779107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467612 2025-07-01T10:04:17.627709 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 467446 2023-06-28T13:28:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18767 2025-07-01T10:04:28.494662 application/rdf+xml 11630 2025-07-01T10:04:18.819695 image/jpeg 1759 2025-07-01T10:04:18.717664 image/jpeg 179106 2023-06-28T13:28:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 742196 2023-06-28T13:29:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 749658 2025-07-01T10:04:18.149715 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia