A Story By O Henry
One day, Dan was on a voyage to a city very far away, where he meets a very self centered and talkative guy name Brad. Brad seemed to be a very talkative guy while Dan was a very good listener. Dan has no option other than to talk to this fellow passenger and he doesn’t even bother how boastful Brad could be. After knowing each other, Brad starts to blow his own horn and finally tells one of his stories where he got romantic for the first time in his life. He tells the story of how he got a very beautiful wife. His story goes like this.
In his town where he lived, Brad used to be the ugliest man but he had a very soothing voice and with his talk he could impress anyone. He had a friend named Fred who was the most handsome guy in town but he could never talk in a very convincing manner. Both of them had some drawback of their own in their personalities.
One day Fred talks about a girl with whom he fell in love. He would regularly see the girl in a mall in the afternoon. There, they both used to exchange sights and that was it. Both of them used to see each other but they had never talked in person. Fred comes up with a very good scheme of acquiring his love. He asks for some help from Brad. He tells Brad to visit the girl’s house in the darkest nights and talk to her on behalf of Fred. After thinking for a long time Brad agrees. Now Brad had to do the talking to the girl in the dark hours where she could not even see his face. So, one night Brad sets up to visit the girl’s house who happened to be a daughter of the retired sergeant. He puts on a heavy dark cloak and sneaks to the girl’s house from the back of the compound when she would appear at the windows from her room. This goes for many days and finally, the girl agrees to marry Fred. Brad just did the talking and finally he is able to seduce the girl for Fred.
So, Fred is the happiest man in the world, he insists Brad to see her once before, they both get married. Brad agrees to see the girl with whom he had talked for hours in the dark for many a days. So they both go to the mall where the girl would come by in the afternoon. The girl then arrives and share quick glance with Fred. She doesn’t even bother to see or notice if anyone’s standing beside him. They just exchange quick glances and that was it.
But when, Brad sees the girl, he too falls in love and in no way he would now let go off the girl. Both of them argue over the matter. Fred also tells Brad that he has already talked to the girl’s father and thus an engagement ceremony had already been fixed. He then, also invites Brad to the reception.
At the ceremony the next day, Brad walks up to the girl and tells everything. The girl is now in dilemma and gets into confusion. She now has to choose an ugly man with beautiful voice or a handsome hunk with disgusting voice. However, Fred tells Brad that they were leaving the town, the next day.
The next day, Brad also boards the ship in which the girl and Fred were travelling. But the previous night, Brad had indulged himself in heavy drinking and now he is having problem with his throat. He lost his voice. Somehow he managed to find a compounder who gives him some medicine to clear his throat. He then gulps a tablet and waits for his voice to recover.
Without his voice, he can never propose the girl and now it seemed like if he’s lost the race. He tries to shout but to no avail. He sadly walks up to the girl, she looks at him but says nothing. Brad says to the girl, “I love you, please marry me”. To a great surprise, his voice spurted at the right time. He was surprised and was very happy at the same time. The girl then decides to marry Brad and forgets Fred.
After marrying the girl, Brad thinks about the tonic which cured his voice. He was very grateful to the compounder and the tonic as well. He thinks that the tonic is a miracle and no tonic is more worthy in any regards.
After telling this story Brad turns to Don and says, “I am planning to start a retail shop which sells that tonic. Do you like to try it once?”
In his town where he lived, Brad used to be the ugliest man but he had a very soothing voice and with his talk he could impress anyone. He had a friend named Fred who was the most handsome guy in town but he could never talk in a very convincing manner. Both of them had some drawback of their own in their personalities.
One day Fred talks about a girl with whom he fell in love. He would regularly see the girl in a mall in the afternoon. There, they both used to exchange sights and that was it. Both of them used to see each other but they had never talked in person. Fred comes up with a very good scheme of acquiring his love. He asks for some help from Brad. He tells Brad to visit the girl’s house in the darkest nights and talk to her on behalf of Fred. After thinking for a long time Brad agrees. Now Brad had to do the talking to the girl in the dark hours where she could not even see his face. So, one night Brad sets up to visit the girl’s house who happened to be a daughter of the retired sergeant. He puts on a heavy dark cloak and sneaks to the girl’s house from the back of the compound when she would appear at the windows from her room. This goes for many days and finally, the girl agrees to marry Fred. Brad just did the talking and finally he is able to seduce the girl for Fred.
So, Fred is the happiest man in the world, he insists Brad to see her once before, they both get married. Brad agrees to see the girl with whom he had talked for hours in the dark for many a days. So they both go to the mall where the girl would come by in the afternoon. The girl then arrives and share quick glance with Fred. She doesn’t even bother to see or notice if anyone’s standing beside him. They just exchange quick glances and that was it.
But when, Brad sees the girl, he too falls in love and in no way he would now let go off the girl. Both of them argue over the matter. Fred also tells Brad that he has already talked to the girl’s father and thus an engagement ceremony had already been fixed. He then, also invites Brad to the reception.
At the ceremony the next day, Brad walks up to the girl and tells everything. The girl is now in dilemma and gets into confusion. She now has to choose an ugly man with beautiful voice or a handsome hunk with disgusting voice. However, Fred tells Brad that they were leaving the town, the next day.
The next day, Brad also boards the ship in which the girl and Fred were travelling. But the previous night, Brad had indulged himself in heavy drinking and now he is having problem with his throat. He lost his voice. Somehow he managed to find a compounder who gives him some medicine to clear his throat. He then gulps a tablet and waits for his voice to recover.
Without his voice, he can never propose the girl and now it seemed like if he’s lost the race. He tries to shout but to no avail. He sadly walks up to the girl, she looks at him but says nothing. Brad says to the girl, “I love you, please marry me”. To a great surprise, his voice spurted at the right time. He was surprised and was very happy at the same time. The girl then decides to marry Brad and forgets Fred.
After marrying the girl, Brad thinks about the tonic which cured his voice. He was very grateful to the compounder and the tonic as well. He thinks that the tonic is a miracle and no tonic is more worthy in any regards.
After telling this story Brad turns to Don and says, “I am planning to start a retail shop which sells that tonic. Do you like to try it once?”
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