03082cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500480014926400510019730000470024833600260029533700260032133800360034750000320038350000970041550000310051250502520054350802090079552014480100453400600245265300720251265300200258470000540260485600430265899900190270177686UtSlPG20260610134811.0mcr n260607r20261918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHenry, O.q(Spirit),d1862-191010aMy tussle with the devil, and other stories 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aReceived via a Ouija Board.  a"The barrage fire" (the introduction) signed: Parma (a pseudonym for Albert Houghton Pratt).  aRelease date is 2026-01-120 aMy 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.  aCharlene 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.)  aMy 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.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: I. M. Y. Company, 1918  aUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction  aSpirit writings1 aPratt, A. Houghtonq(Albert Houghton),d1878-194140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77686  c118406d118406