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O. Henry
O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 8 min read
An Adjustment of Nature
An Adjustment of Nature
In an art exhibition the other day I saw a painting that had been sold for $5,000. The painter was a young scrub out of the West named Kraft, who...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 10 min read
The Cop and the Anthem
The Cop and the Anthem
On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands, and when Soapy...
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O. Henry
O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 7 min read
Man About Town
Man About Town
There were two or three things that I wanted to know. I do not care about a mystery. So I began to inquire. It took me two weeks to find...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 10 min read
The Coming-Out of Maggie
The Coming-Out of Maggie
Every Saturday night the Clover Leaf Social Club gave a hop in the hall of the Give and Take Athletic Association on the East Side. In order to attend one...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 9 min read
A Service of Love
A Service of Love
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard. That is our premise. This story shall draw a conclusion from it, and show at the same time that the...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 10 min read
The Skylight Room
The Skylight Room
First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 9 min read
Between Rounds
Between Rounds
The May moon shone bright upon the private boarding-house of Mrs. Murphy. By reference to the almanac a large amount of territory will be discovered upon which its rays also...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 8 min read
A Cosmopolite in a Café
A Cosmopolite in a Café
At midnight the café was crowded. By some chance the little table at which I sat had escaped the eye of incomers, and two vacant chairs at it extended their...
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O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 9 min read
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the...
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O. Henry
O. Henry
16 May 2021 · 12 min read
Tobin's Palm
Tobin's Palm
Tobin and me, the two of us, went down to Coney one day, for there was four dollars between us, and Tobin had need of distractions. For there was Katie...
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