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SHORT STORY OF THE DAY : A RETRIEVED REFORMATION - O.HENRY


O. HENRY: A RETRIEVED REFORMATION –

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Safecracker Jimmy Valentine is released from prison after serving less than 10 months of a four year sentence, due to his criminal connections. He goes to his old apartment, packs up his tools, and leaves. In the following weeks, a few cash robberies are committed, and the detective who landed Valentine in jail in the first place, Ben Price, is called to work on the new case. He realizes that the robberies are committed in Jimmy's style. Valentine shows up sometime later in Elmore, Arkansas. He goes to the town bank with the intention of checking it over before robbing it. However, as he walks to the hotel, he catches the eye of the banker's beautiful daughter, Annabel Adams. He falls in love with her immediately, and Valentine decides to give up his criminal career. He moves into the town, taking up the identity of Ralph D. Spencer, a shoemaker.

 

At the end of the year, Jimmy has risen socially and business-wise and has become ...

 

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