O. Henry
Strictly Business
The usual O. Henry suspects are here - con artists, millionaires, shop assistants - providing a potent mix of sadness and humour.
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Strictly Business
. . . 10 pages
The story behind the celebrated vaudeville team of (Bob) Hart & (Winona) Cherry. A witty tale of theatre folk.
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The Gold That Glittered
. . . 7 pages
General Falcon - revolutionary - arrives in New York from Columbia unprepared for both the golden-haired ladies and the silver-tongued con-artists.
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Babes In The Jungle
. . . 6 pages
Two low-lives from the west go to New York with plans to relieve the fool inhabitants of their cash.
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The Day Resurgent
. . . 6 pages
Danny McCree wakes up one morning to find it's Easter Day and his father's on about hippopotamuses.
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The Fifth Wheel
. . . 11 pages
A good deed by the recently unemployed coachman Thomas McQuade has strange consequences.
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The Poet And The Peasant
. . . 6 pages
A country boy arrives in the city - but is mistaken for a confidence trickster.
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The Robe Of Peace
. . . 4 pages
The strange and incredible truth behind the sudden disappearance of Johnny Bellchambers.
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The Girl And The Graft
. . . 5 pages
A New York gentleman desperate for attention from the press enlists the help of a grafter - who learns a valuable lesson about women.
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The Call Of The Tame
. . . 5 pages
An Arizona man on a brief trip to New York bumps into an old friend - but finds him changed by his seven years in the city.
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The Unknown Quantity
. . . 5 pages
A heir has an attack of concience and tries to 'pay back' his capitalist father's ill-gotten gains - but finds it harder than he imagined.
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The Thing's The Play
. . . 7 pages
The story of the violinist Ramonti and a woman with two jealous suitors.
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A Ramble In Aphasia
. . . 10 pages
First-person account of a successful lawyer's sudden loss of memory and the resulting adventure.
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A Municipal Report
. . . 15 pages
A portrait of Nashville through the eyes of an adventurous stranger.
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Psyche And The Pskyscraper
. . . 7 pages
The story of an wholly unphilosophical girl and her two suitors.
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A Bird Of Bagdad
. . . 6 pages
The story of a suitor, a riddle and an ever-helpful restaurenteur.
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Compliments Of The Season
. . . 8 pages
A narrator who believes that children are pestilential little animals tells a Christmas story about the daughter of the Millionaire and her missing rag-doll.
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A Night In New Arabia
. . . 13 pages
When millionaire Jacob Spraggins, Esq. hits his late fifties, he begins to worry about his soul's salvation.
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The Girl And The Habit
. . . 5 pages
The story of Miss Merriam, the lovely, capable cashier at Hinkle's.
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Proof Of The Pudding
. . . 9 pages
A bedraggled writer corners the editor of a respected publication and demands to know why his story has been rejected.
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Past One At Rodney's
. . . 12 pages
A tough gang member wanted for murder meets a lady in a bar.
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The Venturers
. . . 11 pages
A Venturer - one who does not ask a schedule and map from Fate when he begins a journey. Two venturers challenge eachother.
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The Duel
. . . 4 pages
An artist and a businessman travel from the west to seek their fortunes in New York.
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"What You Want"
. . . 5 pages
A man rich enough to despise everything that money can buy goes out and tries to want something that he can't pay for.
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