03082cam a22003613u 4500 77686 UtSlPG 20260610134811.0 m cr n 260607r20261918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Henry, O. (Spirit), 1862-1910 My tussle with the devil, and other stories Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Received via a Ouija Board. "The barrage fire" (the introduction) signed: Parma (a pseudonym for Albert Houghton Pratt). Release date is 2026-01-12 My tussle with the devil -- The contest -- Sleeping -- Yearning -- Animals -- Flowers -- Jewels -- Remembrances -- Munitions -- Going home -- My hearth -- The three H's -- The senses -- Fancies -- Yesterday, to-day -- Action, reaction -- A vision. Charlene Taylor, Tom Trussel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) My tussle with the devil, and other stories by O. Henry. It is a collection of short stories, parables, and prose poems written in the early 20th century. Framed in a spiritualist vein, the book meditates on the afterlife, moral choice, love, cruelty, and war, often personifying abstract forces and urging readers toward compassion and inner awakening. The volume opens with claims of messages “from beyond,” then unfolds a series of allegorical vignettes: the title tale stages a sumptuous temptation by a majestic Devil that the narrator decisively rejects; “The Contest” pits a seductive Life against a radiant Death; other pieces recast chain-gang misery, grief, and wartime loss through the transfiguring power of Love. Animals, flowers, and jewels become teachers—condemning cruelty (a vivisected spaniel), honoring loyalty (a ghostly dog who brings a slipper), and urging seekers to value the “diamond” of love above rubies or emeralds. Domestic memories, homely wisdom, and dockside camaraderie (with the dog Dakta choosing “brothers” for a redemptive mission) reinforce the book’s ethic of kindness. Later entries reimagine “munitions” as Kindness, Joy, and Love; depict dying as “going home”; and culminate in a quest in which the key to the Temple of Knowledge is simply love, before a final vision of Peace unfolding its golden wings over a renewed world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: I. M. Y. Company, 1918 United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Spirit writings Pratt, A. Houghton (Albert Houghton), 1878-1941 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77686 118406 118406