The Cop and the Anthem
Author: O. Henry
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Languages: English, RU, Italian
Genre: Adventure, Satire, Short story
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A Madison Square vagrant named Soapy sets out on a comic campaign of petty crimes to earn the warmth of a winter prison sentence.
Characters
- Soapy — vagrant: A sardonic Madison Square park bum who schemes each autumn to get arrested for a comfortable winter in jail.