You'll see shades of O. Henry's most famous story in this tale- two men make sacrifices unknown to the other for the sake of upholding tradition. It's a hokey little yarn with a nice twist ending, something that became a trademark of the author.
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
by O. Henry
Stuffy Pete took his seat on the third bench to the right as you enter Union Square from the east, at the walk opposite the fountain. Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years he had taken his seat there promptly at 1 o'clock. For every time he had done so things had happened to him--Charles Dickensy things that swelled his waistcoat above his heart, and equally on the other side.
