STRICTLY BUSINESS

More Stories of the Four Million

By O. Henry



CONTENTS

I.   STRICTLY BUSINESS
II.   THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED
III.   BABES IN THE JUNGLE
IV.   THE DAY RESURGENT
V.   THE FIFTH WHEEL
VI.   THE POET AND THE PEASANT
VII.   THE ROBE OF PEACE
VIII.   THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT
IX.   THE CALL OF THE TAME
X.   THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
XI.   THE THING'S THE PLAY
XII.   A RAMBLE IN APHASIA
XIII.   A MUNICIPAL REPORT
XIV.   PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER
XV.   A BIRD OF BAGDAD
XVI.   COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
XVII.   A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA
XVIII.   THE GIRL AND THE HABIT
XIX.   PROOF OF THE PUDDING
XX.   PAST ONE AT ROONEY'S
XXI.   THE VENTURERS
XXII.   THE DUEL
XXIII.   "WHAT YOU WANT"






WAIFS AND STRAYS

Part I—Twelve Stories

By O Henry

CONTENTS

The Red Roses of Tonia
Round The Circle
The Rubber Plant's Story
Out of Nazareth
Confessions of a Humorist
The Sparrows in Madison Square
Hearts and Hands
The Cactus
The Detective Detector
The Dog and the Playlet
A Little Talk About Mobs
The Snow Man






CABBAGES AND KINGS

By O. Henry



CONTENTS

   THE PROEM: BY THE CARPENTER
I.   "FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"
II.   THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE
III.   SMITH
IV.   CAUGHT
V.   CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO
VI.   THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT
VII.   MONEY MAZE
VIII.   THE ADMIRAL
IX.   THE FLAG PARAMOUNT
X.   THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM
XI.   THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE
XII.   SHOES
XIII.   SHIPS
XIV.   MASTERS OF ARTS
XV.   DICKY
XVI.   ROUGE ET NOIR
XVII.   TWO RECALLS
XVIII.   THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE






SIXES AND SEVENS

By O. Henry

CONTENTS

I.   The Last of the Troubadours
II.   The Sleuths
III.   Witches' Loaves
IV.   The Pride of the Cities
V.   Holding Up a Train
VI.   Ulysses and the Dogman
VII.   The Champion of the Weather
VIII.   Makes the Whole World Kin
IX.   At Arms with Morpheus
X.   A Ghost of a Chance
XI.   Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
XII.   The Door of Unrest
XIII.   The Duplicity of Hargraves
XIV.   Let Me Feel Your Pulse
XV.   October and June
XVI.   The Church with an Overshot-Wheel
XVII.   New York by Camp Fire Light
XVIII.   The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes
XIX.   The Lady Higher Up
XX.   The Greater Coney
XXI.   Law and Order
XXII.   Transformation of Martin Burney
XXIII.   The Caliph and the Cad
XXIV.   The Diamond of Kali
XXV.   The Day We Celebrate






ROLLING STONES

By O. Henry

CONTENTS

Introduction
The Dream
A Ruler of Men
The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear
Helping the Other Fellow
The Marionettes
The Marquis and Miss Sally
A Fog in Santone
The Friendly Call
A Dinner at ––––*
Sound and Fury
Tictocq
Tracked to Doom
A Snapshot at the President
An Unfinished Christmas Story
The Unprofitable Servant
Aristocracy Versus Hash
The Prisoner of Zembla
A Strange Story
Fickle Fortune, or How Gladys Hustled
An Apology
Lord Oakhurst's Curse
Bexar Scrip No. 2692
Queries and Answers
Poems
      The Pewee
      Nothing to Say
      The Murderer
      Some Postscripts
            Two Portraits
            A Contribution
            The Old Farm
            Vanity
            The Lullaby Boy
            Chanson de Bohême
            Hard to Forget
      Drop a Tear in This Slot
      Tamales
Letters

ILLUSTRATIONS

The last photograph of O. Henry (Frontispiece)
The editor's own statement of his aims (Advertisement for The Rolling Stone)
Record of births and deaths from the Porter Family Bible
O. Henry at the age of two
The "Hill City Quartet," to which O. Henry belonged as a young man in Austin
O. Henry in Austin, Texas, 1896
Emigrants' Camp (An early drawing by O. Henry)
"Can the horse run?" (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
"Will you go in?" (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
"Here we have Kate and John." (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
"Did he go up?" (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
"See Tom and the dog." (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
"See him do it." (cartoon from The Rolling Stone)
Letters that the boy Will Porter brought along from North Carolina to Texas
Letter: "A young man of good moral character and an A No. 1 Druggist."
"The Plunkville Patriot," April 2, 1895
The Rolling Stone, January 26, 1895
A page from "The Plunkville Patriot"
A front page of The Rolling Stone
A page from "The Plunkville Patriot"
"Dear me, General, who is that dreadful man?" (cartoon)
"Well, I declare, those gentlemen must be brothers." (cartoon)
"Oh papa, what is that?" (cartoon from The Rolling Stone, April 27, 1895)
Cartoon by O. Henry
Cartoon by O. Henry
Can he make the jump? (cartoon from The Rolling Stone, October 13, 1894
Page from "The Plunkville Patriot"
A letter to his daughter Margaret.