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Summary of Hearts and Hands
Like many of O. Henry's short stories, a surprise ending awaits readers of 'Hearts and Hands.' The story is set on a train to Denver. An elegantly attired woman named Miss Fairchild is seated on the train when two men arrive and take the seat facing her. It quickly becomes apparent that the woman knows one of the men.
She speaks to this man, Mr. Easton, and then she is rather surprised to discover that he is handcuffed to the man seated beside him. As Easton greets the young woman, 'He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining 'bracelet' to the left one of his companion.'
Evidently, the man with Easton senses Easton's embarrassment and volunteers an explanation: Easton is the marshal, and the two are headed for Leavenworth prison. 'It's seven years for counterfeiting' Easton says. As the conversation continues, the woman is surprised to learn that Easton has discarded his life in Washington to become a marshal out West, but she finds the West agreeable as well.
The young woman continues to chat with her acquaintance, but she continues to stare at the handcuffs. To ease her concerns, the scruffy looking older man tells her, ''Don't you worry about them, miss,' said the other man. 'All marshals handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr. Easton knows his business.'' As the two men stand to go to the smoker car, the young woman bids Mr. Easton goodbye.
All the while, two passengers seated nearby have listened to the conversation. One remarks on Mr. Easton's appearance, saying that he seems too young to be a marshal. The other eavesdropping passenger corrects the mistake, one that the young woman and readers have likely made as well. Mr. Easton is not the marshal; he is the counterfeiter. ''Oh! didn't you catch on?' the passenger says. 'Say--did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?''
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In the story of ‘Hearts and Hands’, the hands are significant because 2 men we were handcuffed together. It reveals the true identity of Mr. Easton and the Marshall. Miss Fairchild was misled by the marshal about the identity of Mr. Easton, as he wanted to save Mr. Easton some embarrassment by not revealing that he was a convict and was being taken to the Leavenworth prison for counterfeiting. It’s also significant because in the conclusion, after the two men left, a passenger said that Mr. Easton was the real the convict because a Marshall always cuff the prisoner’s left hand. The heart is significant as despite of rough look of marshal he had a golden heart, he saved Miss Fairchild and Mr. Easton some embarrassment and humiliation. Miss Fairchild thought of Mr. Easton as a handsome, young man who came to the West from Washington because according to Mr. Easton Washington is a very expensive place and that the west is a very beautiful and quiet place. She did not think of Mr. Easton as fraudster, criminal and counterfeiter.
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