Lily

by High Wiley

Excerpt from Lily To the Wildcat in San Francisco the world and all things therein were middlin' good. The scheme of life was benevolent. Old Man Trouble appeared on the scene often enough to supply a black back ground for the noble radiance of Lady Luck's smile, but with two days balanced on the knife-edge of midnight the Wildcat figgered that the griefs of yesterday would be offset by the joys of to-morrow. At the eleventh hour Lady Luck had smiled and then her smile had turned to laughter and part of the record of her favor lay in crumpled banknotes in the inside pocket of the Wildcat's yaller striped vest.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1922