O Henry spent fourteen years in Texas as a rancher, draftsman, bank teller, and drugstore clerk. Drawing on his experiences, he wrote a series of short stories about life on the Texas range, complete with his typical careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. This collection includes "Hearts and Crosses," "The Ransom of Mack," "Telemachus, Friend," "The Handbook of Hymen," "The Pimienta Pancakes," "Seats of the Haughty," "Hygeia at the Solito," "An Afternoon Miracle," "The Higher Abdication," "Cupid a la Carte," "The Caballero's Way," "The Sphinx Apple," "The Missing Chord," "A Call Loan," "The Princess and the Puma," "The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson," "Christmas by Injunction," "A Chaparral Prince," "The Reformation of Calliope." Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.