The ransom of red chief -- The cop and the anthem -- The gift of the Magi -- After twenty years -- A retrieved reformation -- One dollar's worth -- The skylight room -- From the cabby's seat -- The theory and the hound -- The atavism of John Tom Little Bear -- Jimmy Hayes and Muriel -- Hygelia at the Solito -- Hearts and hands -- A blackjack bargainer -- A chaparral Christmas gift -- Two Thanksgiving day gentlemen -- The reformation of Calliope -- Out of Nazareth -- A call loan -- The green door -- Hearts and crosses -- The adventures of Shamrock Jolnes -- The passing of Black Eagle -- The caliph and the cad -- Friends in San Rosario -- The whirligig of life -- Whistling Dick's Christmas stocking -- Mammon and the archer -- The pimienta pancakes -- The last leaf -- A departmental case -- Vanity and some sables -- Bexar scrip no 2692 -- The ransom of Mack -- The caliph, Cupid and the clock --