Greatest Stories: Volume I

Stories in this collection

11 stories

• The Gift of the MagiTwo newlyweds with very little money search for Christmas gifts worthy of their love.
• The Cop and the AnthemA homeless man plans a winter in jail, but getting arrested proves surprisingly difficult.
• Memoirs of a Yellow DogA pampered dog offers a distinctly canine assessment of the humans who claim to own him.
• The Romance of a Busy BrokerA frantic morning on Wall Street leaves a broker struggling to make room for romance.
• A Retrieved ReformationA gifted safecracker tries to begin again, until an emergency makes his old skills urgently necessary.
• After Twenty YearsTwo friends keep a long-standing appointment on a New York street, with much left unsaid between them.
• The Last LeafA sick young artist ties her hopes to the leaves outside her window while her neighbors watch anxiously.
• An Unfinished StoryA poorly paid shopgirl weighs the promise of an evening out against the price of accepting it.
• The Caballero’s WayA dangerous outlaw’s romance becomes a contest of jealousy, pursuit and calculated deception.
• The Furnished RoomA young man searching New York for a missing woman rents a room that seems to retain traces of her presence.
• The Ransom of Red ChiefTwo kidnappers discover that their young captive has very different ideas about who is in charge.