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The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is VERY arcane: Famed short story author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), who wrote "The Gift of the Magi", "The Duplicity of Hargraves", and "The Ransom of Red Chief" and other classics, first met his wife Athol Estes at the laying of the cornerstone of the Texas State Capitol on March 2, 1885. The couple eloped on July 1, 1887. Here's a photo of O. Henry right about the time he met Athol. O Henry, The Watch, Writers, Comb, Sydney, Austin, Porter, Black And White, White

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is VERY arcane: Famed short story author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), who wrote "The Gift of the Magi", "The Duplicity of Hargraves", and "The Ransom of Red Chief" and other classics, first met his wife Athol Estes at the laying of the cornerstone of the Texas State Capitol on March 2, 1885. The couple eloped on July 1, 1887. Here's a photo of O. Henry right about the time he met Athol.

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I came across this photo of O. Henry in a February 1904 issue of The Critic. A brief note describes his mysterious appearance among the New York literati: Less than a year ago the readers of popular magazines began to be startled and delighted by certain fantastic and ingenious tales, mainly dealing with Western life and bearing the strange device "O. Henry" as a signature. In a short time people began to talk to each other about the stories, and very soon they began to ask who the author…

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