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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Made
Tissue
Tissues
Sunshine
Weather
Red
Seemed
Blood
Clear

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