The Four Million

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O Henry. The Four Million

TOBIN'S PALM

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFÉ

BETWEEN ROUNDS

THE SKYLIGHT ROOM

A SERVICE OF LOVE

THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE

MAN ABOUT TOWN

THE COP AND THE ANTHEM

AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE

MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG

THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN

MAMMON AND THE ARCHER

SPRINGTIME À LA CARTE

THE GREEN DOOR

FROM THE CABBY'S SEAT

AN UNFINISHED STORY

THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK

SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER

AFTER TWENTY YEARS

LOST ON DRESS PARADE

BY COURIER

THE FURNISHED ROOM

THE BRIEF DÉBUT OF TILDY

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One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

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"Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"

Jim looked about the room curiously.

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