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…
Author: O. Henry
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…