in this book called "The gift of the Magi" we find a series of stories about differents situations in a specific time. There are five stories around distinctive characters.
The gift of Magi is the story of a young couple where is the jim's birthday and Della need to give him a gift. Then she thinks in a gold watsh because is a special  thing for him, both have two special things. She decides cut and sell her hair for buy the watsh to Jim. Then, when she gives the gift and Jim see her with the short hair, he also gives a gift to Della that is a comb, however their love is better than any gift.
The art game is a story about a fraud committed by two men, Andy and Jeff to a pittsburgh millionare. In the course they posing as buyers and try to sell a false golden figure for the millionare and he believe in the art buyers and pays $2000 for its.
The troubadour is the story of Sam, a singer that arrives to a ranche where live Mr Ellison who has many problems with their sheeps because King James, other rancher doesn't want the sheep in the fields that belong to him. Sam all the evening sing to Mr Ellison and advise what to do. Then, King James realizes that Mr Ellison is the brother of a good friend in the past and  give him the field for their sheeps and he explain the great help of Mr Caroline, the sister. In the end, Sam kills to King James for help to Mr Ellison.
Money talk is the story about the love between Richard and Ellen, and Mr Rockwall who think that the money is all in the life, then is Ellen who must go to the city.