Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anyt…

Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anything—the dangdest feller.Parson Walker’s wife laid very sick once, for a good while, and it seemed as if they warn’t going to save her;but one morning he come in, and Smiley asked how she was, and he said she was considerable better thank the Lord for his inf’nit mercy and coming on so smart that, with the blessing of Providence, she’d get well yet; and Smiley, before he thought, says, “Well, I’ll risk two-and-a-half that she don’t, anyway.” The above passage is from the story __________________________ written by __________________________.

Shall I part my hair behind?   Do I dare to eat a peach? I s…

Shall I part my hair behind?   Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. The above lines come from ___________________ written by ___________________.

I lie here on this great immovable bed -it is nailed down, I…

I lie here on this great immovable bed -it is nailed down, I believe -and fol­low that pattern about by the hour. It it as good as gymnastics, I assure you. I start, we’ll say, at the bottom, down in the corner over there where it has nos been touched, and I determine for the thousandth time that I will follow that pointless pattern to some sort of a con­clusion. The above passage is from the story __________________________ written by __________________________.