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A Cosmopolite in a Cafe

A Cosmopolite in a Cafe

A STORY BY O.HENRY[O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), a well-acclaimed American short story writer. There is always an element of surprise at the end of his stories.] A Cosmopolite in a Caféwriter : O.HENRY At midnight the caféwas crowded. By some chance, the …

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The Gift of the Magi

The Gift of the Magi

By O. Henry 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 silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times …

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