Here are eight short views of turn-of-the-century New York through the 
eyes of O. Henry, the master of the twist ending and reporter of everyday people, 
from young shop girls with enormous dreams to ne'er-do-wells with plans for easy 
life.

       Among the people you'll come to know and almost love are: three of the 
dingiest and laziest fellows you've ever seen, plotting to relieve a hard-working 
wife of a dollar she earned scrubbing clothes; a young gentleman with the problem 
of giving away a "mere one-thousand-dollars" inheritance; two sophisticated patrons 
dining at an elegant hotel who aren't necessarily who they seem.