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CHAPTER I.
A mother's flight; birth in a snowdrift; the drunken father's blow; the runaway boy; the fight in the shambles; abandoned on the prairie.
CHAPTER II.
Failure as a bootblack; a friendly foreman; the only kid on the range; flogged at the wagon-tongue; slaying of the foreman; vengeance on the assassin.
CHAPTER III.
Chuck-buyer for the Lazy Z; last journey to Las Cruces; shooting up a saloon; in the calaboose; arrival of the father.
CHAPTER IV.
Release from jail; quiet years in Virginia; study of law; a new migration to the West; brawl in court; news of death in the night.
CHAPTER V.
Shot from behind; agonies of remorse; death scene in the saloon; a father's rebuke to his son; vengeance delayed.
CHAPTER VI.
In the outlaws' country; acquittal of the assassins; a brother's rage; false accusation; the father's denunciation; refuge in the outlaw's camp.
CHAPTER VII.
Planning a holdup; terrors of a novice; the train-robbery; a bloodless victory; division of the spoils; new threat of peril.
CHAPTER VIII.
Hunting the enemy; the convention at El Reno; drama in the town-hall ; flight of the conspirators ; pursuit to Guthrie ; failure of the quest; "the range or the pen."
CHAPTER IX.
Frank turns outlaw; the stickup of the Santa Fe; the threat of dynamite; crudity of bloodshed ; the lure of easy money.
CHAPTER X.
In the Panhandle; a starving hostess; theft and chivalry; $35,000 clear; dawning of romance; two plucky girls; the escape in the tramp.
CHAPTER XI.
The meeting with O. Henry in Honduras; the celebration of the Fourth; quelling a revolution; a new flight; the girl on the beach.
CHAPTER XII.
Voyaging at leisure; the grand ball in Mexico City; O. Henry's gallantry; the don's rage; O. Henry saved from the Spaniard's knife.
CHAPTER XIII.
In California; the bank-robbery; O. Henry's refusal; purchase of a ranch; coming of the marshals; flight and pursuit; the trap; capture at last.
CHAPTER XIV.
In the Ohio Penitentiary; horrors of prison life; in and out of Banker's Row; a visit from O. Henry, fellow convict; promise of help.
CHAPTER XV.
Despair; attempt at escape; in the hell-hole; torture in the prison; the diamond-thief's revenge; the flogging; hard labor; a message of hope from O. Henry.
CHAPTER XVI.
The new main finger; a tuba solo; failure at prayer; transfer to the post-office; literary ambition; O. Henry writes a story.
CHAPTER XVII.
O. Henry; Bohemian; the Recluse Club in the prison; the vanishing kitchen; the tragedy of Big Joe; effect on O. Henry; personality of a genius.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Story of convict Dick Price; grief for his mother; her visit to the prison; the safe-opening; promise of pardon.
CHAPTER XIX.
Interest of O. Henry; Price the original of Jimmy Valentine; the pardon denied ; death of the cracksman ; the mother at the prison gate.
CHAPTER XX.
The Prison Demon; the beast exhibited; magic of kindness; reclamation;tragedy of Ira Maralatt; meeting of father and daughter.
CHAPTER XXI.
Methods of O. Henry; his promotion; the singing of Sally Castleton; O. Henry's indifference; the explanation.
CHAPTER XXII.
Defiance of Foley the Goat; honesty hounded; O. Henry's scorn; disruption of the Recluse Club.
CHAPTER XXIII.
O. Henry's rage against corruption; zeal yields to prudence; a draft of the grafter's wine.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Tainted meat; O. Henry's morbid curiosity; his interview with the Kid on the eve of execution; the Kid's story; the death scene; innocence of the Kid.
CHAPTER XXV.
Last days of 0. Henry in prison; intimate details; his going away outfit; goodbys; his departure.
CHAPTER XXVI.
O. Henry's silence; a letter at last; the proposed story; Mark Hanna visits the prison; pardon; double-crossed; freedom.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Practice of law; invitation from O. Henry; visit to Roosevelt; citizenship rights restored; with O. Henry in New York; the writer as guide.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Episodes of city nights; feeding the hungry; M'ame and Sue; suicide of Sadie.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Quest for material; Pilsner and the Halberdier; suggestion of a story; dining with editors; tales of train-robberies; a mood of despair.
CHAPTER XXX.
Supper with a star; frank criticism; O. Henry's prodigality; Credit at the bar; Sue's return.
CHAPTER XXXI.
After two years; a wedding invitation; another visit to New York; delayed hospitality; in O. Henry's home; blackmail.
CHAPTER XXXII.
New Year's eve; the last talk; "a missionary after all."