The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its posssor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the ine was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking riously of trag to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introdubsp;to you as Della. Which is all very good.
Della finished her bsp;and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray bsp;walking a gray fenbsp;in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with whibsp;to buy Jim a prent. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expens had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a prent for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nibsp;for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.
The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its posssor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the ine was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking riously of trag to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introdubsp;to you as Della. Which is all very good.
Della finished her bsp;and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray bsp;walking a gray fenbsp;in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with whibsp;to buy Jim a prent. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expens had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a prent for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nibsp;for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.