Death, Only, Renders Hope Futile.

I Verily Believe That A Man's Way With Women Is In Inverse Ratio To His Prowess Among Men. The Weakling And The Saphead Have Often Great Ability To Charm The Fair Sex, While The Fighting Man Who Can Face A Thousand Real Dangers Unafraid, Sits Hiding In The Shadows Like Some Frightened Child.

The More One Listens To Ordinary Conversations The More Apparent It Becomes That The Reasoning Faculties Of The Brain Take Little Part In The Direction Of The Vocal Organs.

I Have Been Successful Probably Because I Have Always Realized That I Knew Nothing About Writing And Have Merely Tried To Tell An Interesting Story Entertainingly.

I Had This Story From One Who Had No Business To Tell It To Me, Or To Any Other. I May Credit The Seductive Influence Of An Old Vintage Upon The Narrator For The Beginning Of It, And My Own Skeptical Incredulity During The Days That Followed For The Balance Of The Strange Tale.

I Have Discovered That The World Over, Unusual Weather Prevails At All Times Of The Year.