Waifs and Strays

by O. Henry

Overview

A trestle burned down on the International Railroad. The south-bound from San Antonio was cut off for the next forty-eight hours. On that train was Tonia Weaver's Easter hat. Espirition, the Mexican, who had been sent forty miles in a buckboard from the Espinosa Ranch to fetch it, returned with a shrugging shoulder and hands empty except for a cigarette. At the small station, Nopal, he had learned of the delayed train and, having no commands to wait, turned his ponies toward the ranch again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499762549
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was a prolific American short story writer. Initially trained as a pharmacist, Porter began his writing career as a journalist and worked on his stories on the side. After being accused of embezzling money from a bank he worked for, he fled to Honduras. He returned to the US upon the death of his wife and was sentenced to five years in prison. It was during this time that he began to have his first stories published. He later moved to New York and began writing stories in earnest. Some of his most famous stories include "Gift of the Magi" and "The Caballero's Way" which introduced the character, the Cisco Kid.

Table of Contents

Part 1	Twelve Stories
	The Red Roses of Tonia	3
	Round the Circle	17
	The Rubber Plant's Story	25
	Out of Nazareth	32
	Confessions of a Humourist	52
	The Sparrows in Madison Square	66
	Hearts and Hands	72
	The Cactus	76
	The Detective Detector	82
	The Dog and the Playlet	90
	A Little Talk About Mobs	97
	The Snow Man	102