The Best How much do people change over time? If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time. The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds.
I came a thousand miles to stand here tonight. Ill wait half an hour, at least. "You're not Jimmy Wells he snapped. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. We agreed that night that we would meet here again twenty four watches in twenty years. I wish it were here, so that we could have another dinner. Im waiting for a friend. Twenty years is a long time. Are you doing well in New York, Jimmy? "Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems.
Years is a long time. The old restaurant is gone, Bob. I wish it were here, so that we could have another dinner. Has the West been good to you? It gave me everything I asked for.
After Twenty Years The Four Million The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm. We thought that in twenty years we would know what kind of men we were, and what future waited for. Oh, I grew a little after one hundred and twenty thousand in numbers I was twenty.
You couldnt have pulled Jimmy out of New York. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn't it? The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?" "Well, yes, for a time we corresponded said the other. He was as true as any man in the world. And there was a wind with a little rain.
Thought you were so tall. Oh, I grew a little after, i was twenty. Are you doing well in New York, Jimmy?
After Twenty Years by O Henry - wpmu DEV Get started by clicking the "Add" button. He thought it was the only place on earth. twenty years is a long time.
I never thought you were so tall. Henry, the policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. Now and then he turned and looked up and down the street. "But after a year or two we after twenty years full story lost track of each other. "Three minutes to after twenty years full story ten he announced. I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence. Now and then you might see the lights of a shop or of a small restaurant. Come on, Bob; we'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times.".
The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few. The time was barely 10 o clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh depeopled the streets. Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight.