butterville

Updated: July 4, 2025

I don't mind telling you that I was not touring among the Antipodes when the burglar-proof safe of the Farmers' National Bank of Butterville, Ia., flew open some moonless nights ago to the tune of $16,000." "Aren't you afraid," asked Vuyning, "that I'll call a cop and hand you over?" "You tell me," said Emerson, coolly, "why I didn't keep them."

O. Henry - The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million