He died two days after being brought into the Nursing Home. He was very happy just before he died, pressed my hand and asked me to look after the girl.... "Isn't it wonderful," were his last words to me, "that it should be true after all?" As to Truth, who knows? Truth is a large order. This _is_ true as far as Wilbraham goes, every word of it. Beyond that? Well, it must be jolly to be so happy as Wilbraham was. This will seem a lying story to some, a silly and pointless story to others. I wonder.... THE YEARBOOK OF THE BRITISH AND IRISH SHORT STORY JULY, 1921, TO JUNE, 1922 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are used in this yearbook. _A._ Annual _Adelphi_ Adelphi Magazine _Asia_ Asia _Atl._ Atlantic Monthly _Beacon_ Beacon _Black_ Blackwood's Magazine _Blue_ Blue Magazine _Book (N.Y.)_ Bookman (N.Y.) _Broom._ Broom _By._ Bystander _Cas._ Cassell's Magazine _Cen._ Century Magazine _C.H._ Country Heart _Cham._ Chambers' Journal _Chic. Trib._ Chicago Tribune (Syndicate Service) _Colour_ Colour _Corn._ Cornhill Magazine _D.D._ Double Dealer _Del._ Delineator _Dial_ Dial _Eng.R._ English Review _Ev._ Everybody's Magazine _Eve_ Eve _Form._ Form _Free._ Freeman _G.H._ Good Housekeeping _Gra_ Graphic _Grand_ Grand Magazine _Harp B._ Harper's Bazar _Harp. M._ Harper's Magazine _Hear_ Hearst's International Magazine _Hut_ Hutchinson's Magazine _John_ John o'London's Weekly _L.H.J._ Ladies' Home Journal _Lloyd_ Lloyd's Story Magazine _L.Merc_ London Mercury _Lon_ London Magazine _Man. G_ Manchester Guardian _McC_ McClure's Magazine _McCall_ McCall's Magazine _Met_ Metropolitan _Nash_ Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine _Nat. (London)_ Nation and Athenaeum _New_ New Magazine _New A._ New Age _New S._ New Statesman _Novel_ Novel Magazine _Outl. (N.Y.)_ Outlook (N.Y.) _Pan_ Pan _Pears' A._ Pears' Annual _Pearson (London)_ Pearson's Magazine (London) _Pearson (N.Y.)_ Pearson's Magazine (N.Y.) _Pict. R._ Pictorial Review _Pop._ Popular Magazine _Pre._ Premier _Queen_ Queen _Qui._ Quiver _(R)_ Reprinted _Roy._ Royal Magazine _Scr._ Scribner's Magazine