[PW] Re: O. Henry story?

[Marian Drabkin]

Yes.  It is indeed an O.Henry story.  Unfortunately, my
  collection is packed away and I can't get to it.  The man
  who eats two meals is a tramp called "Stuffy";  his meal
  is bought for him by a man who was once wealthy but
  has lost all his money;  all that man has left is his tradition
  which dictates that at holiday time he must buy a meal for
  the "less fortunate".  The typical O.Henry irony here is that
  the man buying the meal is himself dying of starvation.
   
  Marian Drabkin
  
Karen Tobin <KTobin at minlib.net> wrote:
  We have a patron looking for what he believes is an O. Henry story. His 
description: "A man who never had eaten a proper meal, ate two meals at the 
holidays and died." This does not sound familiar to anyone here--I have been 
scanning O. Henry stories to no avail. Anyone recognize this?

Thanks!

Karen M. Tobin
Assistant Director
Goodnow Library
21 Concord Rd.
Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-1035 x 228
ktobin at minlib.net http://library.sudbury.ma.us


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