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It was of soapstone and had sliding doors in front, so that the blaze could be disclosed when life was very dull or discouraging. The straw matting on the floor had done very well in the autumn, but Mrs. Carey now covered the centre of the room with a bright red drugget left from the Charlestown house furnishings, and hung the two windows with curtains of printed muslin. Ossian Popham had taken a clotheshorse and covered it with red felting, so that the screen, so evolved could be made to hide the bed and washstand. IT WAS OF SOAP STONE AND HAD SLIDING DOORS IN FRONT SO THAT THE BLAZE COULD BE DISCLOSED WHEN LIFE WAS VERY DULL OR DISCOURAGING THE STRAW MANNING ON THE FLOOR HAD DONE VERY WELL IN THE AUTUMN BUT MISSUS CAREY NOW COVERED THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM WITH A BRIGHT RED DRUGGET LEFT FROM THE CHARLESTON HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND HUNG THE TWO WINDOWS WITH CURTAINS OF PRINTED MUSLIN OSSEY AND POPPEN HAD TAKEN A CLOTHES HORSE AND COVERED IT WITH RED FELTING SO THAT THE SCREEN SO EVOLVED COULD BE MADE TO HIDE THE BED AND WASHSTAND
 said Mother Carey with her bright smile. "But what did mother do?" clamored Nancy, Kathleen and Gilbert in chorus. "She took my forlorn, cheerless room and made it into a home for me," said Thurston. "Perhaps she wanted me to stay in it a little more, and bother her less! At any rate she has created an almost possible rival to the Yellow House!" Ralph Thurston had a large, rather dreary room over Bill Harmon's store, and took his meals at the Widow Berry's, near by. He was an orphan and had no money to spend on luxuries, because all his earnings went to pay the inevitable debts incurred when a fellow is working his way through college. Mrs. Carey, with the help of the other two women, had seized upon this stormy Friday, when the teacher always took his luncheon with him to the academy, to convert Ralph's room into something comfortable and cheerful. The old, cracked, air-tight stove had been removed, and Bill Harmon had contributed a second-hand Franklin, left with him for a bad debt.  I AM TWENTY FOUR IT WAS HIGH TIME THEN SAID MISSUS CAREY WITH HER BRIGHT SMILE BUT WHAT DID MOTHER DO CLAMORED NANCY KATHLEEN AND GILBERT IN CHORUS SHE TOOK MY FORLORN CHEERLESS ROOM AND MADE IT INTO A HOME FOR ME SAID THURSTON PERHAPS SHE WANTED ME TO STAY IN A LITTLE MORE AND BOTHER HER LESS AT ANY RATE SHE HAS CREATED AN ALMOST POSSIBLE RIVAL TO THE YELLOW HOUSE RALPH THURSTON HAD A LARGE DREARY ROOM OVER BILL HARMON'S DOOR AND HE TOOK HIS MEALS AT THE WIDOW BARRY'S NEAR BY HE WAS AN ORPHAN AND HAD NO MONEY TO SPEND ON LUXURIES BECAUSE ALL HIS EARNINGS WENT TO PAY THE INEVITABLE DEBTS INCURRED WHEN A FELLOW IS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE MISSUS CAREY WITH THE HELP OF THE TWO OTHER WOMEN HAD SEIZED UPON THIS STORMY FRIDAY WHEN THE TEACHER ALWAYS TOOK HIS LUNCHEON WITH HIM TO THE ACADEMY TO CONVERT RALPH'S ROOM INTO SOMETHING COMFORTABLE AND CHEERFUL THE OLD CRACKED AIR TIDE STOVE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND BILL HARMON HAD CONTRIBUTED A SECOND HAND FRANKLIN LEFT WITH HIM FOR A BAD DEBT
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