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Olive Lord knocked at her father's study door the morning of the twenty first of June. Walking in quietly she said, "Father, yesterday was my seventeenth birthday. Mother left me a letter to read on that day, telling me that I should have fifty dollars a month of my own when I was seventeen, Cyril to have as much when he is the same age." OLIVE LORD KNOCKED AT HER FATHER'S STUDY DOOR THE MORNING OF THE TWENTY FIRST OF JUNE WALKING IN QUIETLY SHE SAID FATHER YESTERDAY WAS MY SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY MOTHER LEFT ME A LETTER TO READ ON THAT DAY TELLING ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH OF MY OWN WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN CYRIL TO HAVE AS MUCH WHEN HE IS THE SAME AGE
ildren, with five thousand to be paid in cash to Mother Carey on the settlement of the estate. XXXII DOORS OF DARING Little the Careys suspected how their fortunes were mending, during those last days of June! Had they known, they might almost have been disappointed, for the spur of need was already pricking them, and their valiant young spirits longed to be in the thick of the fray. Plans had been formed for the past week, many of them in secret, and the very next day after the close of the academy, various business projects would burst upon a waiting world. One Sunday night Mother Carey had read to the little group a poem in which there was a verse that struck on their ears with a fine spirit:-- "And all the bars at which we fret, That seem to prison and control, Are but the doors of daring set Ajar before the soul." They recited it over and over to themselves afterwards, and two or three of them wrote it down and pinned it to the wall, or tucked it in the frame of the looking glass. RMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LEPER BOX DOT ORG MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER THIRTY TWO DOORS OF DARING LITTLE THE CAREYS SUSPECTED HOW THEIR FORTUNES WERE MENDING DURING THOSE LAST DAYS OF JUNE HAD THEY KNOWN THEY MIGHT ALMOST HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED FOR THE SPUR OF NEED WAS ALREADY PRICKING THEM AND THEIR VALIANT YOUNG SPIRITS LONGED TO BE IN THE THICK OF THE FRAY PLANS HAD BEEN FORMED FOR THE PAST WEEK MANY OF THEM IN SECRET AND THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE ACADEMY VARIOUS BUSINESS PROJECTS WOULD BURST UPON A WAITING WORLD ONE SUNDAY NIGHT MOTHER CAREY HAD READ TO THE LITTLE GROUP A POEM IN WHICH THERE WAS A VERSE THAT STRUCK ON THEIR EARS WITH A FINE SPIRIT AND ALL THE BARS AT WHICH WE FRET THAT SEEM TO PRISON AND CONTROL ARE BUT THE DOORS OF DARING SET AJAR BEFORE THE SOUL THEY RECITED IT OVER AND OVER TO THEMSELVES AFTERWARDS AND TWO OR THREE OF THEM WROTE IT DOWN AND PINNED IT TO THE WALL OR TUCKED IT IN THE FRAME OF THE LOOKING GLASS
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