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quite fingers quickly tore at the string and paper.

There was a scream of joy, and then alas a change to tears and cries, requiring the man

of the house to use all his skill to calm his wife.

For there were the combs, the special set of objects to hold her hair that Della had wanted

ever since she saw them in a shop -window, beautiful combs made of shells, with jewels at the edge,

just the color to wear in the beautiful hair that was no longer hers.

They cost a lot of money she knew, and her heart had wanted them without ever hoping to have them.

And now the beautiful combs were hers, but the hair that should have touched them was gone.

But she held the combs to herself, and soon she was able to look up with a smile and say,

my hair grows so fast Jim.

Then Della jumped up like a little burned cat and cried, Oh Jim had not yet seen his beautiful gift.

She happily held it out to him in her open hands, the silver chain seemed so bright.

Isn't it wonderful Jim? I looked all over town to find it.

You will have to look at the time a hundred times a day now.

Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it.

Instead of obeying Jim fell on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.

Della said he, let us put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while.

They are too nice to use just right now.

I sold my gold watch to get the money to buy the set of combs for your hair.

And now why not put the meat on?