One of this man's works ends with the narrator throwing a button into a river, thus helping UncleCaesar get away with murdering Major Caswell to protect Azalea Adair.
One of this man's works ends with the narrator throwing a button into a river, thus helping UncleCaesar get away with murdering Major Caswell to protect Azalea Adair. He wrote a story in whichthe wannabe criminal Soapy is arrested for loitering after deciding to turn his life around. Thisauthor of "A Municipal Case" and "The Cop and the Anthem" wrote a story about Bill Driscoll andSam Howard's unsuccessful attempt to (*) kidnap the son of Ebenezer Dorset. In his most famous work,found in his collection The Four Million, Jim buys a set of elaborate combs for his wife, only to find thatshe had sold her hair to buy him a chain for the watch he'd just sold. For 10 points, name this author of"The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi".
One of this man's works ends with the narrator throwing a button into a river, thus helping UncleCaesar get away with murdering Major Caswell to protect Azalea Adair.
O. Henry [or William Sydney Porter]