The policeman sounds to be a loyal agent doing his job properly! In fact, while walking up and down the street, he knew it was his friend but may be at the beginning he was not sure and that’s why he ignored him…but later while he noticed ‘his friend’s tiepin was a large diamond oddly set’ and ‘...
The Gift of the Magi - the first story in the book, and the one I am most familiar with. It still makes me tear up. The Cop and the Anthem - I had not read this story before. It was a cute story about perseverance. Springtime a la Carte - another story I had not read before. What an enjoyable lit...
Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years. Then you would manage to stammer forth the confession that you were neither a doctor nor a dentist. Mrs. Parker’...
A man with a thick black-leather wallet under his arm left the train and walked rapidly up the main street of the town. There were other passengers who also got off at San Rosario, but they either slouched limberly over to the railroad eating-house or the Silver Dollar saloon, or joined the group...
