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Onedollarandeighty-sevencents。Thatwasall。Andsixtycentsofitwasinennies。Penniessavedoneandtwoatatimebybulldozingthegrocerandthevegetablemanandthebutcheruntilone&aos;scheeksburnedwiththesilentimutationofarsimonythatsuchclosedealingimlied。ThreetimesDellacountedit。Onedollarandeighty-sevencents。AndthenextdaywouldbeChristmas。
Therewasclearlynothingtodobutflodownontheshabbylittlecouchandhowl。SoDelladidit。Whichinstigatesthemoralreflectionthatlifeismadeuofsobs，sniffles，andsmiles，withsnifflesredominating。
Whilethemistressofthehomeisgraduallysubsidingfromthefirststagetothesecond，takealookatthehome。Afurnishedflatat$8erweek。Itdidnotexactlybeggardescrition，butitcertainlyhadthatwordonthelookoutforthemendicancysquad。
Inthevestibulebelowwasaletter-boxintowhichnoletterwouldgo，andanelectricbuttonfromwhichnomortalfingercouldcoaxaring。Alsoaertainingthereuntowasacardbearingthename
"Mr。JamesDillinghamYoung。
"
The
"Dillingham
"hadbeenflungtothebreezeduringaformereriodofroseritywhenitsossessorwasbeingaid$30erweek。Now，whentheincomewasshrunkto$20，thelettersof
"Dillingham
"lookedblurred，asthoughtheywerethinkingseriouslyofcontractingtoamodestandunassumingD。ButwheneverMr。JamesDillinghamYoungcamehomeandreachedhisflatabovehewascalled
"Jim
"andgreatlyhuggedbyMrs。JamesDillinghamYoung，alreadyintroducedtoyouasDella。Whichisallverygood。
Dellafinishedhercryandattendedtohercheekswiththeowderrag。Shestoodbythewindowandlookedoutdullyatagraycatwalkingagrayfenceinagraybackyard。TomorrowwouldbeChristmasDay，andshehadonly$1。87withwhichtobuyJimaresent。Shehadbeensavingeveryennyshecouldformonths，withthisresult。Twentydollarsaweekdoesn&aos;tgofar。Exenseshadbeengreaterthanshehadcalculated。Theyalwaysare。Only$1。87tobuyaresentforJim。HerJim。Manyahayhourshehadsentlanningforsomethingniceforhim。Somethingfineandrareandsterling-somethingjustalittlebitneartobeingworthyofthehonorofbeingownedbyJim。
Therewasaier-glassbetweenthewindowsoftheroom。Perhasyouhaveseenaier-glassinan$8flat。Averythinandveryagileersonmay，byobservinghisreflectioninaraidsequenceoflongitudinalstris，obtainafairlyaccurateconcetionofhislooks。Della，beingslender，hadmasteredtheart。
Suddenlyshewhirledfromthewindowandstoodbeforetheglass。hereyeswereshiningbrilliantly，butherfacehadlostitscolorwithintwentyseconds。Raidlysheulleddownherhairandletitfalltoitsfulllength。
Now，thereweretwoossessionsoftheJamesDillinghamYoungsinwhichtheybothtookamightyride。OnewasJim&aos;sgoldwatchthathadbeenhisfather&aos;sandhisgrandfather&aos;s。TheotherwasDella&aos;shair。HadtheQueenofShebalivedintheflatacrosstheairshaft，DellawouldhaveletherhairhangoutthewindowsomedaytodryjusttodereciateHerMajesty&aos;sjewelsandgifts。HadKingSolomonbeenthejanitor，withallhistreasuresileduinthebasement，Jimwouldhaveulledouthiswatcheverytimeheassed，justtoseehimluckathisbeardfromenvy。
SonowDella&aos;sbeautifulhairfellaboutherrilingandshininglikeacascadeofbrownwaters。Itreachedbelowherkneeandmadeitselfalmostagarmentforher。Andthenshedidituagainnervouslyandquickly。Onceshefalteredforaminuteandstoodstillwhileatearortwoslashedonthewornredcaret。
Onwentheroldbrownjacket;onwentheroldbrownhat。Withawhirlofskirtsandwiththebrilliantsarklestillinhereyes，sheflutteredoutthedooranddownthestairstothestreet。
Whereshestoedthesignread:
"Mine。Sofronie。HairGoodsofAllKinds。
"OneflightuDellaran，andcollectedherself，anting。Madame，large，toowhite，chilly，hardlylookedthe
"Sofronie。
"
"Willyoubuymyhair?
"askedDella。
"Ibuyhair，
"saidMadame。
"Takeyehatoffandlet&aos;shaveasightatthelooksofit。
"
