O. Henry

An American author. His real name was William Sydney Porter and he wrote many of his works while fleeing from embezzlement charges.

The Four Million

title from New York City population. 25 stories including An Unfinished Story and The Gift of the Magic [poor man sells watch to buy combs for wife, who sells hair to buy watch fobb for him]

The Last Leaf

ill girl decides to die when last of five leaves outside her window falls but one hangs

A Retrieved Restoration

Jimmy Valentine tries to reform but foiled when he opens a safe during an emergency