Sacrificing a prized possession unlocks the power of selfless devotion
One dollar and eighty-seven cents is all Della Dillingham Young has saved for her husband Jim's Christmas present. With Christmas Eve at hand, she sells her finest asset—her radiant, knee-length brown hair—to a wigmaker for twenty dollars. She spends the money on a simple, elegant platinum fob chain for Jim's cherished heirloom pocket watch, eager to show the depth of her devotion despite their severe poverty.
