“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.”

—  O. Henry , book The Four Million

"The Gift of the Magi" - Full text online http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html
The Four Million (1906)

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American short story writer 1862–1910

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