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Captain Carey's salary had been five thousand dollars, or rather was to have been, for he had only attained his promotion three months before his death. CAPTAIN CAREY'S SALARY HAD BEEN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR RATHER WAS TO HAVE BEEN FOR HE HAD ONLY ATTAINED HIS PROMOTION THREE MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH
is a curious and very general misapprehension. Captain Carey was a boy with his boys, and a gallant lover with his girls; to his wife--oh! we will not even touch upon that ground; she never did, to any one or anything but her own heart! Such an one could never disappear from memory, such a loss could never be made wholly good. The only thing to do was to remember father's pride and justify it, to recall his care for mother and take his place so far as might be; the only thing for all, as the months went on, was to be what mother called the three b's,--brave, bright, and busy. To be the last was by far the easiest, for the earliest effort at economy had been the reluctant dismissal of Joanna, the chambermaid. In old-fashioned novels the devoted servant always insisted on remaining without wages, but this story concerns itself with life at a later date. Joanna wept at the thought of leaving, but she never thought of the romantic and illogical expedient of staying on without compensation. ATHER IT DOES NOT BUT IT IS A CURIOUS AND VERY GENERAL MISAPPREHENSION CAPTAIN CAREY WAS A BOY WITH HIS BOYS AND A GALLANT LOVER WITH HIS GIRLS TO HIS WIFE OH WE WILL NOT EVEN TOUCH UPON THAT GROUND SHE NEVER DID TO ANY ONE OR ANYTHING BUT HER OWN HEART SUCH AN ONE COULD NEVER DISAPPEAR FROM MEMORY SUCH A LOSS COULD NEVER BE MADE WHOLLY GOOD THE ONLY THING TO DO WAS TO REMEMBER FATHER'S PRIDE AND JUSTIFY IT TO RECALL HIS CARE FOR MOTHER AND TAKE HIS PLACE AS FAR AS MIGHT BE THE ONLY THING FOR ALL AS THE MONTHS WENT ON WAS TO BE WHAT MOTHER CALLED THE THREE BEES BRAVE BRIGHT AND BUSY TO BE THE LAST WAS BY FAR THE EASIEST FOR THE EARLIEST EFFORT AT ECONOMY HAD BEEN THE RELUCTANT DISMISSAL OF JOANNA THE CHAMBERMAID IN OLD FASHIONED NOVELS THE DEVOTED SERVANT ALWAYS INSISTED ON REMAINING WITHOUT WAGES BUT THIS STORY CONCERNS ITSELF WITH LIFE AT A LATER DATE JOANNA WEPT AT THE THOUGHT OF LEAVING BUT SHE NEVER THOUGHT OF THE ROMANTIC AND ILLOGICAL EXPEDIENT OF STAYING ON WITHOUT COMPENSATION
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