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"Somebody'll buy the tapestry, but the Van Twiller'll go hard," and Gilbert winked at Nancy. "A picture that looks just the same upside down as the right way about won't find many buyers," was Nancy's idea. "Still it is a Van Twiller, and has a certain authentic value for all time!" SOMEBODY'LL BUY THE TAPESTRY BUT THE VANT TWILLER'LL GO HARD AND GILBERT WINKED AT NANCY A PITCHER THAT LOOKS THE SAME UPSIDE DOWN IS THE RIGHT WAY ABOUT IT WON'T FIND MANY BUYERS WAS NANCY'S IDEA STILL IT'S A FAN TWILLER AND IT HAS A CERTAIN AUTHENTIC VALUE FOR ALL TIME
one hundred plus two hundred equals six hundred and sixty," read Nancy. "And I call it a splendid big lump of money!" "Oh, my dear," sighed her mother with a shake of the head, "if you knew the difficulty your father and I have had to take care of ourselves and of you on five and six times that sum! We may have been a little extravagant sometimes following him about,--he was always so anxious to have us with him,--but that has been our only luxury." "We saved enough out of exchanging the grand piano to pay all the expenses down here, and all our railway fares, and everything so far, in the way of boards and nails and Osh Popham's labor," recalled Gilbert. "Yes, and we are still eating the grand piano at the end of two months, but it's about gone, isn't it, Muddy?" Nancy asked. "About gone, but it has been a great help, and our dear little old-fashioned square is just as much of a comfort.--Of course there's the tapestry and the Van Twiller landscape Uncle gave me; they may yet be sold. T MAKE NANCY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PLUS ONE HUNDRED PLUS TWO HUNDRED EQUAL SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY READ NANCY AND I CALL IT A SPLENDID BIG LUMP OF MONEY OH MY DEAR SIGHED HER MOTHER WITH A SHAKE OF HER HEAD IF YOU KNEW THE DIFFICULTY YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND OF YOU ON FIVE AND SIX TIMES THAT SUM WE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE EXTRAVAGANT SOMETIMES FOLLOWING HIM ABOUT HE WAS ALWAYS SO ANXIOUS TO HAVE US WITH HIM BUT THAT HAS BEEN OUR ONLY LUXURY WE SAVED ENOUGH OUT OF EXCHANGING THE GRAND PIANO TO PAY ALL THE EXPENSES DOWN HERE AND ALL OUR RAILWAY FARES AND EVERYTHING SO FAR IN THE WAY OF BOARDS AND NAILS AND WASH POPPINS LABOR RECALLED GILBERT YES AND WE'RE STILL EATING THE GRAND PIANO AT THE END OF TWO MONTHS BUT IT'S ABOUT GONE ISN'T IT MUDDY NANCY ASKED ABOUT GONE THAT IT'S BEEN A GREAT HELP AND OUR DEAR LITTLE'S OLD FASHIONED SQUARE IS JUST AS MUCH OF A COMFORT OF COURSE THERE'S THE TAPESTRY AND THE VANT TILLER LANDSCAPE UNCLE GAVE ME THEY MAY YET BE SOLD
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