The Gift of the Wise Men Page: 32
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SYou say your hair is gone ?"
he said, with an air almost of
idiocy.
"You needn't look for it,"
said Della. "It's sold, I tell
you - sold and gone, too. It's
Christmas Eve, boy. Be good
to me, for it went for you.
Maybe the hairs of my head
were numbered," she went on
with asudden serious sweetness,
" but nobody could ever count
my love for you. Shall I put
the chops on, Jim ?"
Out of his trance Jim seemed
quickly to wake. He enfolded
his Della. For ten seconds let
us regard with discreet scrutiny
some inconsequential object in
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. The Gift of the Wise Men, book, 1911; Garden City, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139401/m1/32/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.