The ransom of Red Chief and other O. Henry stories for boys

The ransom of Red Chief and other O. Henry stories for boys  (1921)  by O. Henry

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The Ransom of Red Chief

and Other

O. Henry Stories

FOR BOYS

AS CHOSEN BY

FRANKLIN K. MATHIEWS

ILLUSTRATED BY

GORDON GRANT

GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1921

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Introduction	xi
The Ransom Of Red Chief	3
Jimmie Hayes and Muriel	24
A Technical Error	35
The Reformation of Calliope	48
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet	65
One Dollar’s Worth	78
A Chaparral Christmas Gift	92
The Roads We Take	102
New York By Camp Fire Light	111
The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes	119
The Sleuths	131
The Cop and the Anthem	143
The Foreign Policy of Co. 99	156
Memoirs af a Yellow Dog	168
Lost on Dress Parade	178
The Love-Philtre Of Ikey Schoenstein	191
The Girl and the Habit	201
After Twenty Years	212
“What You Want”	219
The Clarion Call	230
A Retrieved Reformation	244
A Double-Dyed Deceiver	259
The Theory and the Hound	281
A Blackjack Bargainer	301

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.