... The next morning he had a sore chest and a bleeding back; and, excepting the fright, that was all that he had gained by the Shoes of Fortune. (cont) THE SHOES OF FORTUNE (IV) A Moment of ... that they may fall in the powder-magazine of the expectant audience.’ The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded. Among the audience was the young man of the hospital, ... often the case in the world, long-headed people get through best. So much, then, for the introduction. One of the young men, whose head, in a physical sense only, might be said to be of the...