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If Mother Carey had watched Gilbert during the next half hour she would have been gratified, for every moment of the time he grew more and more into the likeness of the head of a family. He looked at the cellar, at the shed, at the closets and cupboards all over the house, and at the fireplaces. IF MOTHER CAREY HAD WATCHED GILBERT DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN GRATIFIED FOR EVERY MOMENT OF THE TIME HE GREW MORE AND MORE INTO THE LIKENESS OF THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY HE LOOKED AT THE CELLAR AT THE SHED AT THE CLOSETS AND CUPBOARDS ALL OVER THE HOUSE AND AT THE FIREPLACES
fford 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. "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." "All right," the Colonel responded. "Your train doesn't go till two o'clock. I'll give you a bite of lunch and take you to the station. 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 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 ALL RIGHT THE COLONEL RESPONDED YOUR TRAIN DOESN'T GO UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK I'LL GIVE YOU BY THE LUNCH AND TAKE YOU TO THE STATION
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