_O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE STORIES of 1927_ _O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD_ PRIZE STORIES _of_ 1927 CHOSEN BY THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS _Author of “A Handbook on Story Writing,” “Our Short Story Writers,” Etc._ _Head, Department of English, Hunter College of the City of New York_ [Illustration] GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC. 1928 COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC. COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE PICTORIAL REVIEW COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE AMERICAN MERCURY, INC. COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY BILL ADAMS. COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY S. S. MCCLURE COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1926, 1927, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY HARPER & BROTHERS. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. ACKNOWLEDGMENT For the Committee the chairman thanks authors, editors, and agents, with whose friendly coöperation this volume is prepared. BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS. New York City, January, 1927. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION. By Blanche Colton Williams ix CHILD OF GOD. By Roark Bradford 1 THE KILLERS. By Ernest Hemingway 15 THE SCARLET WOMAN. By Louis Bromfield 25 JUKES. By Bill Adams 34 FEAR. By James Warner Bellah 53 NIGHT CLUB. By Katharine Brush 84 SINGING WOMAN. By Ada Jack Carver 97 WITH GLORY AND HONOUR. By Elisabeth Cobb Chapman 109 BULLDOG. By Roger Daniels 126 HE MAN. By Marjory Stoneman Douglas 149 “DONE GOT OVER.” By Alma and Paul Ellerbe 175 MONKEY MOTIONS. By Eleanor Mercein Kelly 192 FOUR DREAMS OF GRAM PERKINS. By Ruth Sawyer 208 THE LITTLE GIRL FROM TOWN. By Ruth Suckow 220 SHADES OF GEORGE SAND! By Ellen du Pois Taylor 239 INTRODUCTION THE JUDGES 1. EMMA K. TEMPLE } 2. ISABEL WALKER } 3. HARRY ANABLE KNIFFIN } _First_ 4. KATHARINE LACY } _Judges_ { 5. FRANCES GILCHRIST WOOD } _Final_ { 6. DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH } _Judges_ { 7. BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS } _Chairman_ { 8. ROBERT L. RAMSAY { 9. MAXIM LIEBER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 _Readers_, _First Judges_ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 _Final Judges_.