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"I keep a hotel, and I'll give you your meals for twenty five cents apiece so long as you eat what's set before you and hold your tongue," was the irate Mrs. Buck's ultimatum. "I'll feed you," she continued passionately, "because it's my business to put up and take in anything that's respectable; but I won't take none o' your sass!" I KEEP A HOTEL AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR MEALS FOR TWENTY FIVE CENTS A PIECE SO LONG AS YOU EAT WHAT'S SET BEFORE YOU AND HOLD YOUR TONGUE WAS THE IRATE MISSUS BUCK'S ULTIMATUM I'LL FEED YOU SHE CONTINUED PASSIONATELY BECAUSE IT'S MY BUSINESS TO PUT UP AND TAKE IN ANYTHING THAT'S RESPECTABLE BUT I WON'T TAKE NONE O YOUR SASS
d Mr. Ferguson tore Julia from the arms of Gladys and put her on the train with very little formality. Her meeting Cousin Ann on the way was merely one of those unpleasant coincidences with which life is filled, although it is hardly possible, usually, for two such disagreeable persons to be on the same small spot at the same precise moment. On the third morning after the Careys' arrival, however, matters assumed a more hopeful attitude, for Cousin Ann became discontented with Beulah. The weather had turned cold, and the fireplaces, so long unused, were uniformly smoky. Cousin Ann's stomach, always delicate, turned from tinned meats, eggs three times a day, and soda biscuits made by Bill Harmon's wife; likewise did it turn from nuts, apples, oranges, and bananas, on which the children thrived; so she went to the so-called hotel for her meals. Her remarks to the landlady after two dinners and one supper were of a character not to be endured by any outspoken, free-born New England woman. D RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY AND MISTER FERGUSON TORE JULIA FROM THE ARMS OF GLADYS AND PUT HER ON THE TRAIN WITH VERY LITTLE FORMALITY HER MEETING COUSIN ANN ON THE WAY WAS MERELY ONE OF THOSE UNPLEASANT COINCIDENCES WITH WHICH LIFE IS FILLED ALTHOUGH IT IS HARDLY POSSIBLE USUALLY FOR TWO SUCH DISAGREEABLE PERSONS TO BE ON THE SAME SMALL SPOT AT THE SAME PRECISE MOMENT ON THE THIRD MORNING AFTER THE CAREYS ARRIVAL HOWEVER MATTERS ASSUMED A MORE HOPEFUL ATTITUDE FOR COUSIN ANN BECAME DISCONTENTED WITH BEULAH THE WEATHER HAD TURNED COLD AND THE FIREPLACES SO LONG UNUSED WERE UNIFORMLY SMOKY COUSIN ANN'S STOMACH ALWAYS DELICATE TURNED FROM TINNED MEATS EGGS THREE TIMES A DAY AND SODA BISCUITS MADE BY BILL HARMON'S WIFE LIKEWISE DID IT TURN FROM NUTS APPLES ORANGES AND BANANAS ON WHICH THE CHILDREN THRIVED SO SHE WENT TO THE SO CALLED HOTEL FOR HER MEALS HER REMARKS TO THE LANDLADY AFTER TWO DINNERS AND ONE SUPPER WERE OF A CHARACTER NOT TO BE ENDURED BY ANY OUTSPOKEN FREE BORN NEW ENGLAND WOMAN
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