title: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs: The Classic Brothers Grimm Folktale
author: Sherry Meidell
description: <div><B>Sherry Meidell </B>is a commercial artist and the illustrator of <I>The Day the Picture Man Came</I>,&#160;<I>Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story</I>, and <I>Full Steam Ahead</I>. She lives in Salt Lake City.<BR></div>
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  The Last Asset
  
  
    
    
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  # The Last Asset
  
  
  ### Edith Wharton
  
  
  
  
  
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  ###  I
  
  
  
  
  
  "THE devil!" Paul Garnett exclaimed as he re-read his note; and the
  
  
  dry old gentleman who was at the moment his only neighbour in the quiet
  
  
  restaurant they both frequented, remarked with a smile: "You don't seem
  
  
  particularly annoyed at meeting him."
  
  
  
  
  
  Garnett returned the smile. "I don't know why I apostrophized him,
  
  
  for he's not in the least present — exce