O. Henry’s Full House

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics’ acclaim was « The Cop and the Anthem ». Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can’t even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are « The Clarion Call », « The Last Leaf », « The Ransom of Red Chief », and « The Gift of the Magi ».