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"Children," said Mother Carey, "we have been as economical as we knew how to be; we have worked to the limit of our strength; we have spent almost nothing on clothing, but the fact remains that we have scarcely money enough in our reserve fund to last another six months. What shall we do?" CHILDREN SAID MOTHER CAREY WE HAVE BEEN AS ECONOMICAL AS WE KNOW HOW TO BE WE HAVE WORKED THE LIMITS OF OUR STRENGTH WE HAVE SPENT ALMOST NOTHING ON CLOTHING BUT THE FACT REMAINS WE SCARCELY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN A RESERVE FUND TO LAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS WHAT SHALL WE DO
e day after school with a third, she spoke, with some firmness, of refusing it a home. "If we must economize on cats," cried Nancy passionately, "don't let's begin on this one! She doesn't look it, but she is a heroine. When the Rideout's house burned down, her kittens were in a basket by the kitchen stove. Three times she ran in through the flames and brought out a kitten in her mouth. The tip of her tail is gone, and part of an ear, and she's blind in one eye. Mr. Harmon says she's too homely to live; now what do you think?" "I think nobody pretending to be a mother could turn her back on another mother like that," said Mrs. Carey promptly. "We'll take a pint more milk, and I think you children will have to leave something in your plates now and then, you polish them until it really is indecent." To-night an impromptu meeting of the Ways and Means Committee was taking place by the sitting room fire, perhaps because the family plates had been polished to a terrifying degree that week.  NANCY HAD APPEARED ONE DAY AFTER SCHOOL WITH A THIRD SHE SPOKE WITH SOME FIRMNESS OF REFUSING IT A HOME IF WE MUST ECONOMIZE ON CATS CRIED NANCY PASSIONATELY DON'T LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS ONE SHE DOESN'T LOOK IT BUT SHE IS A HEROINE WHEN THE RIDEOUT'S HOUSE BURNED DOWN HER KITTENS WERE IN A BASKET BY THE KITCHEN STOVE THREE TIMES SHE RAN THROUGH THE FLAMES AND BROUGHT A KITTEN OUT IN HER MOUTH THE TIP OF HER TAIL IS GONE IN PART OF AN EAR AND SHE'S BLIND IN ONE EYE MISTER HARMON SAYS SHE'S TOO HOMELY TO LIVE NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK I THINK NOBODY PRETENDING TO BE A MOTHER COULD TURN HER BACK ON ANOTHER MOTHER LIKE THAT SAID MOTHER CAREY PROMPTLY WE'LL TAKE A PINT MORE MILK AND I THINK YOU CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO LEAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR PLATES NOW AND THEN YOU POLISH THEM OFTEN UNTIL IT REALLY IS INDECENT TO NIGHT AN IMPROMPTU MEETING OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WAS TAKING PLACE BY THE SITTING ROOM FIRE PERHAPS BECAUSE THE FAMILY PLATES HAVE BEEN POLISHED TO A TERRIFYING DEGREE THAT WEEK
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