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OptionsO. Henry Options "THE ROSE OF DIXIE" When The Rose of Dixie magazine was started by a stock company in Toombs City, Georgia, there was never but one candidate for its chief editorial position in the minds of its owners. Col. Aquila Telfair was the man for the place. By all the rights of le...

WhirligigsO. Henry Whirligigs I THE WORLD AND THE DOOR A favourite dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that Truth is stranger than Fiction. I do not know if the yarn I am anxious for you to read is true; but the Spanish purser of the fruit steamer...

The Gentle GrafterO. Henry The Gentle Grafter THE OCTOPUS MAROONED "A trust is its weakest point," said Jeff Peters."That," said I, "sounds like one of those unintelligible remarks such as, 'Why is a policeman?'""It is not," said Jeff. "There are no relations between a trust and a policeman. My r...

Heart of the West [Annotated]O. Henry Heart of the West I HEARTS AND CROSSES Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually – but this is not Baldy's story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second. Baldy was in...

Rolling StonesO. Henry Rolling Stones O. Henry, Afrite-Chef of all delight —Of all delectables conglomerateThat stay the starved brain and rejuvenateThe Mental Man! The æsthetic appetite —So long enhungered that the "inards" fightAnd growl gutwise – its pangs thou dost abateAnd all so amiably all...

The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four MillionO. Henry The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million THE TRIMMED LAMP Of course there are two sides to the question. Let us look at the other. We often hear "shop-girls" spoken of. No such persons exist. There are girls who work i...

The Gift of the MagiO. Henry 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 vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silen...

The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four MillionO. Henry The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million I THE VOICE OF THE CITY Twenty-five years ago the school children used to chant their lessons. The manner of their delivery was a singsong recitative between the utterance...

Heart of the WestO. Henry Heart of the West I HEARTS AND CROSSES Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually-but this is not Baldy's story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second. Baldy was in consultation;...

Sixes and SevensO. Henry Sixes and Sevens I THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony. He was going away from the Rancho Altito at the end of a three-months' visit. It is not to be expected that a guest should put up with wheat coffee and biscuits yellow-streaked with s...