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The life insurance, such as it was, must be put into the bank for emergencies. Mrs. Carey realized that that was the only proper thing to do when there were four children under 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. THE LIFE INSURANCE SUCH AS IT WAS MUST BE PUT INTO THE BANK FOR EMERGENCIES MISSUS CAREY REALIZED THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY PROPER THING TO DO WHEN THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN UNDER 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
 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. 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. There would have been an extra five hundred dollars a year when he was at sea, and on the strength of this addition to their former income he intended to increase the amount of his life insurance, but it had not yet been done when the sudden illness seized him, an illness that began so gently and innocently and terminated with such sudden and unexpected fatality. THS 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 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 THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTRA FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR WHEN HE WAS AT SEA AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ADDITION TO THEIR FORMER INCOME HE INTENDED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HIS LIFE INSURANCE BUT HAD NOT YET BEEN DONE WHEN THE SUDDEN ILLNESS SEIZED HIM AN ILLNESS THAT BEGAN SO GENTLY AND SO INNOCENTLY AND TERMINATED WITH SUCH SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED FATALITY
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