"The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi."
One work by this author ends with Billy Keogh promising to explain H. P. Mellinger's graft to Johnny Atwood after Mellinger is seen departing for New York with music playing. This author told of how the prophecy of Madame Zozo, that a man with a crooked nose will bring good fortune, helps locate Katie Mahorner; that prophecy is based on the reading of (*) "Tobin's Palm." This author's story "Cupid's Exile Number Two" is part of a collection set in Coralio which coined the term "banana republic" to describe Honduras. This author of Cabbages and Kings also wrote about Bill and Sam who end up paying $250 to get Ebenezer Dorset to take back his kidnapped son. For 10 points, name the author of the collection The Four Million and the stories "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi."
One work by this author ends with Billy Keogh promising to explain H. P. Mellinger's graft to Johnny Atwood after Mellinger is seen departing for New York with music playing.
O. Henry [or William Sydney Porter]