The Gift of the Magi

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  • This
  • book
  • contains
  • now
  • several
  • HTML
  • tables
  • of
  • contents
  • that
  • will
  • make
  • reading
  • a
  • real
  • pleasure!
  • Jim
  • Dillingham
  • Young
  • and
  • his
  • wife
  • Della
  • are
  • a
  • young
  • couple
  • who
  • are
  • very
  • much
  • in
  • love
  • with
  • each
  • other,
  • but
  • can
  • barely
  • afford
  • their
  • one-room
  • apartment
  • opposite
  • the
  • elevated
  • train
  • due
  • to
  • their
  • very
  • bad
  • economic
  • condition.
  • For
  • Christmas,
  • Della
  • decides
  • to
  • buy
  • Jim
  • a
  • chain
  • which
  • costs
  • twenty
  • dollars
  • for
  • his
  • prized
  • pocket
  • watch
  • given
  • to
  • him
  • by
  • his
  • father.
  • To
  • raise
  • the
  • funds,
  • she
  • has
  • her
  • prized
  • long
  • hair
  • cut
  • off
  • and
  • sold
  • to
  • make
  • a
  • wig.
  • Meanwhile,
  • Jim
  • decides
  • to
  • sell
  • his
  • watch
  • to
  • buy
  • Della
  • a
  • beautiful
  • set
  • of
  • combs
  • made
  • out
  • of
  • tortoise
  • shell
  • for
  • her
  • lovely,
  • knee-length
  • brown
  • hair.
  • Although
  • each
  • is
  • disappointed
  • to
  • find
  • the
  • gift
  • they
  • chose
  • rendered
  • useless,
  • each
  • is
  • pleased
  • with
  • the
  • gift
  • they
  • received,
  • because
  • it
  • represents
  • their
  • love
  • for
  • one
  • another.
  • The
  • true
  • unselfish
  • love
  • that
  • the
  • characters,
  • Jim
  • and
  • Della,
  • share
  • is
  • greater
  • than
  • their possessions
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