Author of the collection The Four Million, he wrote about convicts who pay Ebenezer Dorset $250 to get rid of the title character in "The Ransom of Red Chief.
This author wrote a short story, found in Roads of Destiny, about an ex-criminal, Jimmy Valentine, who opens a safe to rescue a child. Soapy tries in vain to be arrested to spend the cold winter in jail in this author's "The Cop and the Anthem." Author of the collection The Four Million, he wrote about convicts who pay Ebenezer Dorset $250 to get rid of the title character in "The Ransom of Red Chief." For 10 points, name this author of a short story about a poor couple who exchange Christmas presents in "The Gift of the Magi."
This author wrote a short story, found in Roads of Destiny, about an ex-criminal, Jimmy Valentine, who opens a safe to rescue a child.
O. {Henry} [accept William Sydney {Porter}]