Read a sample of ‘The Gift of the Magi’

Posted 12/6/18

$1.87. That was all. She had put it aside, one cent and then another and then another, in her careful buying of meat and other food. Della counted it 3 times. $1.87. And the next day would be …

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Read a sample of ‘The Gift of the Magi’

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$1.87. That was all. She had put it aside, one cent and then another and then another, in her careful buying of meat and other food. Della counted it 3 times. $1.87. And the next day would be Christmas. There was nothing to do but fall on the bed and cry. So Della did it. While the lady of the home is slowly growing quieter, we can look at the home. Furnished rooms at a cost of $8 a week. There is little more to say about it. In the hall below was a letter-box too small to hold a letter. There was an electric bell but it could not make a sound. Also there was a name beside the door: “Mr. James Dillingham Young.” When the name was placed there, Mr. James Dillingham Young was being paid $30 a week. Now, when he was being paid only $20 a week, the name seemed too long and important. It should perhaps have been “Mr. James D. Young.” But when Mr. James Dillingham Young entered the furnished rooms, his name became very short indeed.

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