Carolina QuotesKerner's father was worth a couple of millions. He was willing to stand for art, but he drew the line at the factory girl. So Kerner disinherited his father and walked out to a cheap studio and lived on sausages for breakfast and on Farroni for dinner.
O. Henry Carolinian
Source
"The Fool-Killer"
- work
- The Voice of the City (1908)
- year
- 1908
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