ONE BASKET

THIRTY-ONE
SHORT STORIES

BY EDNA FERBER



INTRODUCTION ix
THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD 1
THE GAY OLD DOG 11
THAT'S MARRIAGE 29
FARMER IN THE DELL 49
UN MORSO DOO PANG 68
LONG DISTANCE 89
THE MATERNAL FEMININE 94
. . . . remainder not included





The Woman Who Tried to Be Good
[1913]


Before she tried to be a good woman she had been a very bad
woman--so bad that she could trail her wonderful apparel up and
down Main Street, from the Elm Tree Bakery to the railroad