A Matter of Loyalty
Read the complete short story “A Matter of Loyalty” by O. Henry.
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 resent an imputation 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.”
Complete classic story. English source: Standard Ebooks. The source edition identifies the text as public domain in the United States; copyright rules vary by country.
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