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joana1414
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What successes does Jimmy achieve in Elmore?

 

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Posted by joana1414 on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM and tagged with a retrieved reformation, jimmy valentine, success, the best of o. henry.

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  1. parkerlee
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    Are you talking about Jimmy Valentine in "A Retrieved Reformation?" Jimmy, an ex safe cracker alias Ralph Spenser, falls in love with the banker's daughter and decides to "go straight." First he opens up a shoe store and wins the approval of his future father-in-law by his seriousness in business and his friendly, outgoing personality. As he makes a place for himself in the small town of Elmore, he decides to definitively get rid of every vestige of his past. He packs up his burglar's tools to give them away, but needs them one more time in a very urgent way. Read the story to find out how!

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    Posted by parkerlee on Saturday October 24, 2009 at 12:43 AM