Excerpt from The Tragedy of the Unexpected: And Other Stories "Jim, old man, what's up?" "I don't know's anything is up," was the rather surly response to this question. "Oh yes, there is, there's been something to pay with you for the last three days, and you might as well out with it, for I tell you what, I can't stand this sort of thing any longer if you and I are to be joint occupants of this parlor." "What sort of thing, I should like to know?" was the still more surly response to this appeal, accompanied by a sudden movement of the square shoulders and an upward fling of the bent head which brought into the light a face with a look of haughty questioning upon it. The other only laughed a little as he met this look; he did n't seem at all impressed by it; laughed, and presently went on: - "No, I can't stand it, Jim. That's a fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.