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"My mother left the matter of rent to my judgment, and we will pay promptly in advance. Shall I sign any papers?" "Land o' Goshen! the marks your little fist would make on a paper wouldn't cut much of a figure in a court o' law!" chuckled old Harmon. "You jest let the Colonel fix up matters with your ma." "Can I walk back, Colonel?" asked Gilbert, trying to preserve some dignity under the storekeeper's attacks. "I'd like to take some measurements and make some sketches of the rooms for my mother." MY MOTHER LEFT THE MATTER OF RENT TO MY JUDGMENT WE WILL PAY PROMPTLY IN ADVANCE SHALL I SIGN ANY PAPERS LAND O GOSHEN THE MARK YOUR LITTLE FIST WOULD MAKE ON A PAPER WOULDN'T CUT MUCH OF A FIGURE IN A QUARTAL LAW CHUCKLED OLD HARMON YOU JEST LET THE COLONEL FIX UP MATTERS WITH YOUR MAW CAN I WALK BACK COLONEL ASKED GILBERT TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE DIGNITY UNDER THE STOREKEEPER'S ATTACKS I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME MEASUREMENTS AND MAKE SOME SKETCHES OF THE ROOMS FOR MY MOTHER
n' a roll o' wall paper, his premises won't go to rack 'n' ruin same's they're in danger o' doin' at the present time. Now, sonny, would your mother feel like keepin' up things a little mite if we should say sixty dollars a year rent, payable monthly or quarterly as is convenient?" Gilbert's head swam and his eyes beheld such myriads of stars that he felt it must be night instead of day. The rent of the Charlestown house was seven hundred dollars a year, and the last words of his mother had been to the effect that two hundred was the limit he must offer for the yellow house, as she did not see clearly at the moment how they could afford even that sum. "What would be your advice, Colonel?" stammered the boy. "I think sixty dollars is not exorbitant," the Colonel answered calmly (he had seen Beulah real estate fall a peg a year for twenty successive years), "though naturally you cannot pay that sum and make any extravagant repairs." "Then I will take the house," Gilbert remarked largely. BOARDS NOW AND THEN OR A COAT OF PAINT AND A ROLL OF WALL PAPER HIS PREMISES WON'T GO TO RACK AND RUINS SAME AS THEY'RE IN DANGER O DOIN A PRESENT TIME NOW SONNY WOULD YOUR MOTHER FEEL LIKE KEEPIN UP THINGS A LITTLE MIT IF WE SHOULD SAY SIXTY DOLLARS A YEAR RENT PAYABLE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY AS IS CONVENIENT GILBERT'S HEAD SWAM AND HIS EYES BEHELD SUCH MYRIADS OF STARS THAT HE FELT IT MUST BE NIGHT INSTEAD OF DAY THE RENT ON THE CHARLESTON HOUSE WAS SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND THE LAST WORDS OF HIS MOTHER HAD BEEN TO THE EFFECT THAT TWO HUNDRED WAS A LIMIT HE MUST OFFER FOR THE YELLOW HOUSE AS SHE DID NOT SEE CLEARLY AT THE MOMENT HOW THEY COULD AFFORD EVEN THAT SUM WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE COLONEL STAMMERED THE BOY I THINK SIXTY DOLLARS IS NOT EXORBITANT THE COLONEL ANSWERED CALMLY HE HAD SEEN BUILD REAL ESTATE FOLLOW PEG A YEAR FOR TWENTY SUCCESSIVE YEARS THOUGH NATURALLY YOU CANNOT PAY THAT SUM AND MAKE ANY EXTRAVAGANT REPAIRS THEN I WILL TAKE THE HOUSE GILBERT REMARKED LARGELY
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