The heroes of O. Henry's stories - the "little people" of big New York, the frivolous and cheerful artists and writers, the guys from the dashing gangster district and their touchingly loyal friends, the inhabitants of the Wild West, cowboys and farmers - invariably become close to all readers. And the phrases from his stories - "Bolivar will not stand two," "I will have time to reach the Canadian border," and the names of the stories themselves: "The Leader of the Redskins," "The Roads We Choose," "The Trust That Burst" - became winged expressions and firmly entered our daily life!