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Short stories from 100 Selected Stories, by O Henry

The Gift of the Magi

A Cosmopolite in a Cafι

Between Rounds

The Skylight Room

A Service of Love

The Coming-Out of Maggie

The Cop and the Anthem

Memoirs of a Yellow Dog

The Love-philtre of Ikey Shoenstein

The Furnished Room

The Last Leaf

The Poet and the Peasant

A Ramble in Aphasia

A Municipal Report

Proof of the Pudding

I The Gift of the Magi ON E DOLLA R AN D

EIGHTY-SEVE

N CENTS Tha t wa s all An d sixt y cent s o f i t wa s i n pennies

Pennie

s save d on e an d tw o a t a tim e b y bulldozin g th e groce r an d th e vegetabl e ma n an d th e butche r unti l one' s chee k burne d wit h th e silen t imputatio n o f parsimon y tha t suc h clos e dealin g implied Thre e time s Dell a counte d it On e dolla r an d eighty-seve n cents An d th e nex t da y woul d b e

Christmas

. There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabb y littl e couc h an d howl S o Dell a di d it Whic h instigate s th e mora l reflectio n tha t lif e i s mad e u p o f sobs sniffles an d smiles wit h sniffle s predominating . While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the firs t stag e t o th e second tak e a loo k a t th e home A furnishe d fla t a t 8 pe r week I t di d no t exactl y begga r description bu t i t cer tainl y ha d tha t wor d o n th e look-ou t fo r th e mendicanc y squad . In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter woul d go an d a n electri c butto n fro m whic h n o morta l finge r coul d coa x a ring Als o appertainin g thereunt o wa s a car d bearin g th e nam e 'Mr Jame s

Dillingha

m

Young.

' The 'Dillingham' had been flung to the breeze during a former perio d o f prosperit y whe n it s possesso r wa s bein g pai d $30 pe r week Now whe n th e incom e wa s shrun k t o $20 th e letter s o f 'Dillingham looke d blurred a s thoug h the y wer e thinkin g seri ousl y o f contractin g t o a modes t an d unassumin g D Bu t wheneve r Mr Jame s

Dillingha

m Youn g cam e hom e an d reache d hi s fla t abov e h e wa s calle d 'Jim an d greatl y hugge d b y Mrs Jame s

Dillingha

m Young alread y introduce d t o yo u a s Della Whic h i s al l ver y good . Delia finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powde r rag Sh e stoo d b y th e windo w an d looke d ou tquotesdbs_dbs1.pdfusesText_1

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