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What if I should die and leave you?" "Don't, mother!" they cried in chorus, so passionately that Mrs. Carey changed the subject quickly. WHAT IF I SHOULD DIE AND LEAVE YOU DON'T MOTHER THEY CRIED IN CHORUS SO PASSIONATELY THAT MISSUS CAREY CHANGED THE SUBJECT QUICKLY
ent." "Now take your pencil, Nancy, and see where we are in point of income, at the present moment," her mother suggested, with an approving smile. "Put down the pension of thirty dollars a month." "Down.--Three hundred and sixty dollars." "Now the hundred dollars over and above the rent of the Charlestown house." "Down; but it lasts only four years." "We may all be dead by that time." (This cheerfully from Gilbert.) "Then the interest on our insurance money. Four per cent on five thousand dollars is two hundred; I have multiplied it twenty times." "Down.--Two hundred." "Of course if anything serious happens, or any great need comes, we have the five thousand to draw upon," interpolated Gilbert. "I will draw upon that to save one of us in illness or to bury one of us," said Mrs. Carey with determination, "but I will never live out of it myself, nor permit you to. We are five,--six, while Julia is with us," she added hastily,--"and six persons will surely have rainy days coming to them. E TO CONFESS THAT GILLY AND I WERE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT NOW TAKE YOUR PENCIL NANCY AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN POINT OF INCOME AT THE PRESENT MOMENT HER MOTHER SUGGESTED WITH AN IMPROVING SMILE PUT DOWN THE PENSION OF THIRTY DOLLARS A MONTH DOWN THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS NOW THE HUNDRED DOLLARS OVER AND ABOVE THE RENT OF THE CHARLESTON HOUSE DOWN BUT IT LASTS ONLY FOUR YEARS WE MAY ALL BE DEAD BY THAT TIME THIS CHEERFULLY FROM GILBERT THEN THE INTEREST ON OUR INSURANCE MONEY FOUR PER CENT ON FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS TWO HUNDRED I HAVE MULTIPLIED IT TWENTY TIMES DOWN TWO HUNDRED OF COURSE IF ANYTHING SERIOUS HAPPENS OR ANY GREAT NEED COMES WE HAVE THE FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR TO DRAW UPON INTERPOLATED GILBERT I WILL DRAW UPON THAT TO SAVE ONE OF US IN ILLNESS OR TO BURY ONE OF US SAID MISSUS CAREY WITH DETERMINATION BUT I WILL NEVER LIVE OUT OF IT MYSELF NOR PERMIT YOU TO WE ARE FIVE SIX WHY JULIA IS WITH US SHE ADDED HASTILY AND SIX PERSONS WILL SURELY HAVE RAINY DAYS COMING TO THEM
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