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] Mr. Harmon is writing to you, but I thought he wouldn't know so much about us as I do. We have father's pension; that is three hundred and sixty dollars a year; and one hundred dollars a year from the Charlestown house, but that only lasts for four years; and two hundred dollars a year from the interest on father's insurance. That makes six hundred and sixty dollars, which is a great deal if you haven't been used to three thousand, but does not seem to be enough for a family of six. MISTER HARMON IS WRITING TO YOU BUT I THOUGHT HE WOULDN'T KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT US AS I DO WE HAVE FATHER'S PENSION THAT IS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS A YEAR AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR IN CHARLESTON HOUSE BUT THAT ONLY LASTS FOR FOUR YEARS AND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE INTEREST ON FATHER'S INSURANCE THAT MAKES SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS WHICH IS A GREAT DEAL IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN USED TO THREE THOUSAND BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF SIX
erhaps you will be glad to know we love it so much and want to take good care of it always. What troubles us is the fear that you will take it away or sell it to somebody before Gilbert and I are grown up and have earned money enough to buy it. It was Cousin Ann that put the idea into our heads, but everybody says it is quite likely and sensible. Cousin Ann has made us a splendid present of enough money to bring the water from the well into the kitchen sink and to put a large stove like a furnace into the cellar. We would cut two registers behind the doors in the dining-room and sitting-room floors, and two little round holes in the ceilings to let the heat up into two bedrooms, if you are willing to let us do it. [Mother says that Cousin Ann is a good and generous person. It is true, and it makes us very unhappy that we cannot really love her on account of her being so fault-finding; but you, being an American Consul and travelling all over the world, must have seen somebody like her. E SUMMER PERHAPS YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE LOVE IT SO MUCH AND WANT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT ALWAYS WHAT TROUBLES US IS THE FEAR THAT YOU WILL TAKE IT AWAY OR SELL IT TO SOMEBODY BEFORE GILBERT AND I ARE GROWN UP AND HAVE EARNED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY IT IT WAS COUSIN ANN THAT PUT THE IDEA INTO OUR HEADS BUT EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S QUITE LIKELY AND SENSIBLE COUSIN ANN HAS MADE US A SPLENDID PRESENT OF ENOUGH MONEY TO BRING THE WATER FROM THE WELL INTO THE KITCHEN SINK AND TO PUT A LARGE STOVE LIKE A FURNACE INTO THE CELLAR WE WOULD CUT TWO REGISTERS BEHIND THE DOORS IN THE DINING ROOM AND THE SITTING ROOM FLOORS AND TWO LITTLE ROUND HOLES IN THE CEILINGS TO LET THE HEAT UP INTO TWO BEDROOMS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LET US DO IT MOTHER SAYS THAT COUSIN ANN IS A GOOD AND GENEROUS PERSON IT IS TRUE AND IT MAKES US VERY UNHAPPY THAT WE CANNOT REALLY LOVE HER ON ACCOUNT OF HER BEING SO FAULT FINDING BUT YOU BEING AN AMERICAN CONSUL AND TRAVELLING ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY LIKE HER
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