A Retrieved Reformation — Vocabulary
O. Henry
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There on the floor was still Ben Price's collar-button that had been torn from that eminent detective's shirt-band when they had overpowered Jimmy to arrest him.†

Young men of Jimmy's style and looks were scarce in Elmore.†

Suddenly there was a scream or two from the women, and a commotion.†

It fastened with three solid steel bolts thrown simultaneously with a single handle, and had a time-lock.†

Mr. Ralph Spencer, the phoenix that arose from Jimmy Valentine's ashes—ashes left by the flame of a sudden and alterative attack of love—remained in Elmore, and prospered.†

Annabel turned to Jimmy, her large eyes full of anguish, but not yet despairing.†

But we had that protest from Springfield to buck against, and the governor nearly balked.†

Valentine, 9762, was chronicled on the books, "Pardoned by Governor," and Mr. James Valentine walked out into the sunshine.†

While they were thus engaged Ben Price sauntered in and leaned on his elbow, looking casually inside between the railings.†

The clerk handed him a railroad ticket and the five-dollar bill with which the law expected him to rehabilitate himself into good citizenship and prosperity.†

While trying to figure out Jimmy's manner of tying his four-in-hand he cordially gave information.†

On the Monday night after Jimmy wrote this letter, Ben Price jogged unobtrusively into Elmore in a livery buggy.†

It was a complete set, made of specially tempered steel, the latest designs in drills, punches, braces and bits, jimmies, clamps, and augers, with two or three novelties, invented by Jimmy himself, in which he took pride.