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It was only lately that Mrs. Carey had talked over matters with the three eldest children, but the present house was too expensive to be longer possible as a home, and the question of moving was a matter of general concern. Joanna had been, up to the present moment, the only economy, but alas! IT WAS ONLY LATELY THAT MISSUS CAREY HAD TALKED OVER MATTERS WITH THE THREE ELDEST CHILDREN BUT THE PRESENT HOUSE WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO BE LONGER POSSIBLE AS A HOME AND THE QUESTION OF MOVING WAS A MATTER OF GENERAL CONCERN JOANNA HAD BEEN UP TO THE PRESENT MOMENT THE ONLY ECONOMY BUT ALAS
e considered. The pressing question, however, was how to keep it in the bank, and subsist on a captain's pension of thirty dollars a month. There was the ten thousand, hers and the Captain's, in Allan Carey's business, but Allan was seriously ill with nervous prostration, and no money put into his business ever had come out, even in a modified form. The Admiral was at the other end of the world, and even had he been near at hand Mrs. Carey would never have confided the family difficulties to him. She could hardly have allowed him even to tide her over her immediate pressing anxieties, remembering his invalid sister and his many responsibilities. No, the years until Gilbert was able to help, or Nancy old enough to use her talents, or the years before the money invested with Allan would bring dividends, those must be years of self-sacrifice on everybody's part; and more even than that, they must be fruitful years, in which not mere saving and economizing, but earning, would be necessary.  FIFTEEN TO BE CONSIDERED THE PRESSING QUESTION HOWEVER WAS HOW TO KEEP IT IN THE BANK AND SUBSIST ON A CAPTAIN'S PENSION OF THIRTY DOLLARS A MONTH THERE WAS THE TEN THOUSAND HERS AND THE CAPTAIN'S IN ALLAN CAREY'S BUSINESS BUT ALLAN WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WITH NERVOUS PROSTRATION AND THERE WAS NO MONEY PUT INTO HIS BUSINESS EVER HAD COME OUT EVEN IN A MODIFIED FORM THE ADMIRAL WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE WORLD AND EVEN HAD HE BEEN NEAR AT HAND MISSUS CAREY WOULD NEVER HAVE CONFIDED THE FAMILY DIFFICULTIES IN HIM SHE COULD HARDLY HAVE ALLOWED HIM EVEN TO TIDE HER OVER HER IMMEDIATE PRESSING ANXIETIES REMEMBERING HIS INVALID SISTER AND HIS MANY RESPONSIBILITIES NO THE YEARS UNTIL GILBERT WAS ABLE TO HELP OR NANCY OLD ENOUGH TO USE HER TALENTS OR THE YEARS BEFORE THE MONEY INVESTED WITH ALLAN WOULD BRING DIVIDENDS THOSE MUST BE YEARS OF SELF SACRIFICE ON EVERYBODY'S PART AND MORE EVEN THAN THAT THEY MUST BE FRUITFUL YEARS IN WHICH NOT MERE SAVING AND ECONOMIZING BUT EARNING WOULD BE NECESSARY
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