O Henry's last words

[panjandrum]

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what O Henry said just before he died?

I use as a cite, Harry Allen Smith, newspaperman who worked in New York in the early to mid 1940s.

H. A. Smith wrote "Rhubarb", "Lost in the Horse Lattitude", and several accounts of being a newswriter at that time. He was present when William Sidney Porter died.

[devermydayb]

he said "turn up the lights, i don't want to go home in the dark." i'm writing my thesis paper for english class on him. :)

[Turk]

Maybe he said "ahhh this hurts"...?

[alexsears]

my best guesse woulde basicly be let me in heaven not hell definetly not hell :)

[Gene McKnight]

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what O Henry said just before he died?

I use as a cite, Harry Allen Smith, newspaperman who worked in New York in the early to mid 1940s.

H. A. Smith wrote "Rhubarb", "Lost in the Horse Lattitude", and several accounts of being a newswriter at that time. He was present when William Sidney Porter died.

"I'll have a candy bar?"

[mjmorgan]

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what O Henry said just before he died?

I use as a cite, Harry Allen Smith, newspaperman who worked in New York in the early to mid 1940s.

H. A. Smith wrote "Rhubarb", "Lost in the Horse Lattitude", and several accounts of being a newswriter at that time. He was present when William Sidney Porter died.

Was it: "Turn up the lights— I don't want to go home in the dark."
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), June 5, 1910 ?

[AuntShecky]

Similar to the last words of Goethe: "More light! More light!"