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FROM: Elvita Landau <[removed]@sdln.net>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:54:16 -0600

A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
any bells with anyone?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Elvita Landau, Director
Brookings Public Library
515 Third Street
Brookings, SD 57006-2077
phone: 605 692-9407
fax: 605 692-9386
www.brookingslibrary.org
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FROM: Paula Davino <[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:17:49 -0500 (EST)

Isn't that the O. Henry short story The Last Leaf? I don't remember it
being an old woman. I thought it was a young girl, but it has been many,
many years since I've read the story.

Paula Davino
Assistant Director
Dover Public Library
Dover, Delaware
[removed]@kentnet.dtcc.edu


On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Elvita Landau wrote:

> A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
> the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
> them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
> any bells with anyone?
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Elvita Landau, Director
> Brookings Public Library
> 515 Third Street
> Brookings, SD 57006-2077
> phone: 605 692-9407
> fax: 605 692-9386
> www.brookingslibrary.org
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:00:45 -0600

Not a book but the O. Henry short story, "The Last Leaf".


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@sdln.net 03/30/00 12:54PM >>>
A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
any bells with anyone?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Elvita Landau, Director
Brookings Public Library
515 Third Street
Brookings, SD 57006-2077
phone: 605 692-9407
fax: 605 692-9386
www.brookingslibrary.org
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:20:02 -0600

Hi,
Don't know about a story like this but there is an old Kenny Roberts (not
Kenny "the gambler" Rogers) song called "Tying the Leaves" that has this
same story line (only the people involved were children.)
Hmmmm.
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Elvita Landau wrote:
> A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
> the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
> them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
> any bells with anyone?
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:24:27 EST

In a message dated 3/30/2000 1:52:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@sdln.net writes:

<< A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die
when
the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
any bells with anyone?
>>

Yes. This is an O'Henry story. It was made into a movie which was included
with 2 or 3 other O'Henry stories. It's about 2 sisters, one of whom is very
ill. A painter lives in or near the building (it's the dead of winter). The
ill sister is convinced she will die when the last leaf falls from the tree
(or vine) outside her window. The painter risks (and loses) his life in his
(successful) efforts to paint the leaf onto the wall outside the window. The
sister sees the leaf and lives. The painter is found dead. I believe the
movie version of the story is called THE LAST LEAF. I checked, and that is
the title of the original story, as well. The painter's name is Mr. Behrmann.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance writer/former librarian

FROM: [removed]@ci.burlington.wa.us (Janice Burwash, Burlington Public Library)
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:55:43 -0800

It sounds like an O. Henry story. The Last Leaf.


>A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
>the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
>them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
>any bells with anyone?
>
>
Janice Burwash, Resource Coordinator

Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
[removed]@sos.net

FROM: Dorothy Szczepaniak <[removed]@wpld.alibrary.com>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:58:52 -0600

Isn't this an O'Henry Story?

Elvita Landau wrote:

> A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
> the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
> them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
> any bells with anyone?
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Elvita Landau, Director
> Brookings Public Library
> 515 Third Street
> Brookings, SD 57006-2077
> phone: 605 692-9407
> fax: 605 692-9386
> www.brookingslibrary.org
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
DATE: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:19:59 EST

The Last Leaf by O Henry? Only it was a young girl.

FROM: Sheri Alexander <[removed]@yahoo.com>
DATE: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:02:36 -0800 (PST)

My 90-year-old grandmother has me on a hunt for a poem
about the same subject, which she remembers reading
when she was a young girl. She remembers it
containing the line "I'm tying the leaves..." A woman
is very ill and is told she will die when the last
leaf falls from the tree. She can see the tree outside
her bedroom window. Someone (maybe a family member?)
*ties* the leaves back on the tree. Does anyone know
of a poem like this? I don't believe it is the O.
Henry story as that involves the leaves being painted
rather than tied.

--- Elvita Landau <[removed]@sdln.net> wrote:
> A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman
> said she would die when
> the leaves fell from the tree outside her window.
> Every day she would watch
> them fall and every night someone would glue them
> back on. Does this ring
> any bells with anyone?
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Elvita Landau, Director
> Brookings Public Library
> 515 Third Street
> Brookings, SD 57006-2077
> phone: 605 692-9407
> fax: 605 692-9386
> www.brookingslibrary.org
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>

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FROM: "Ms. Alicia Graybill" <[removed]@inetnebr.com>
DATE: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:33:19 -0600 (CST)

Hello!:)
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Sheri Alexander wrote:
> My 90-year-old grandmother has me on a hunt for a poem
> about the same subject, which she remembers reading
> when she was a young girl. She remembers it
> containing the line "I'm tying the leaves..." A woman
> is very ill and is told she will die when the last
> leaf falls from the tree. She can see the tree outside
> her bedroom window. Someone (maybe a family member?)
> *ties* the leaves back on the tree. Does anyone know
> of a poem like this? I don't believe it is the O.
> Henry story as that involves the leaves being painted
> rather than tied.
This is the Kenny Roberts song, I'm sure of it. I'll try to locate or
transcribe the lyrics for you this weekend.:)
Alicia C. Graybill
[removed]@inetnebr.com

FROM: Anjan Ray <[removed]@usa.net>
DATE: 2 Apr 00 18:31:12 EAT

This is a short story called the "Last Leaf", which I remember vividly -except
that the lady is not old - the "gluer" is. I am slightly unsure the author,
but am pretty definite that one of the following is right (in decreasing order
of confidence) : Guy de Maupassant, O Henry, Somerset Maugham.

Regards
Anjan Ray

***
A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die when
the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would watch
them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
any bells with anyone?

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 11:10:02 PDT

>From: Elvita Landau <[removed]@sdln.net>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Death and leaves
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:54:16 -0600
>
>A patron remembers reading a book where an old woman said she would die
>when
>the leaves fell from the tree outside her window. Every day she would
>watch
>them fall and every night someone would glue them back on. Does this ring
>any bells with anyone?
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Elvita Landau, Director
>Brookings Public Library
>515 Third Street
>Brookings, SD 57006-2077
>phone: 605 692-9407
>fax: 605 692-9386
>www.brookingslibrary.org
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>


There is an O. Henry story, "The Last Leaf," in which a young woman has come
to Greenwich Village to paint, falls ill, and becomes convinced she will die
when the ivy on the wall outside her window loses its last leaf. But the
leaf doesn't fall, and doesn't fall, and at last she resolves to get well
and does. In the end we learn that the "leaf" was painted there by an old
German who lives in the building, and who got a chill while doing so and
died of it. This is the only fiction I can remember with a similar
situation.
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
DATE: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 14:08:09 EDT

In a message dated 4/2/2000 11:33:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@usa.net writes:

<< This is a short story called the "Last Leaf", which I remember vividly
-except
that the lady is not old - the "gluer" is. I am slightly unsure the author,
but am pretty definite that one of the following is right (in decreasing
order
of confidence) : Guy de Maupassant, O Henry, Somerset Maugham.

Regards
Anjan Ray
>>

The story is definitely by O'Henry.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance writer/former librarian

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