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"Then I will take the house," Gilbert remarked largely. THEN I WILL TAKE THE HOUSE GILBERT REMARKED LARGELY
hingles and clapboards now and then, or a coat o' paint 'n' a roll o' wall paper, his premises won't go to rack 'n' ruin same's they're in danger o' doin' at the present time. Now, sonny, would your mother feel like keepin' up things a little mite if we should say sixty dollars a year rent, payable monthly or quarterly as is convenient?" Gilbert's head swam and his eyes beheld such myriads of stars that he felt it must be night instead of day. The rent of the Charlestown house was seven hundred dollars a year, and the last words of his mother had been to the effect that two hundred was the limit he must offer for the yellow house, as she did not see clearly at the moment how they could afford even that sum. "What would be your advice, Colonel?" stammered the boy. "I think sixty dollars is not exorbitant," the Colonel answered calmly (he had seen Beulah real estate fall a peg a year for twenty successive years), "though naturally you cannot pay that sum and make any extravagant repairs. N GET A TENANT THAT WILL PUT A FEW SHINGLES AND CLAPBOARDS NOW AND THEN OR A COAT OF PAINT AND A ROLL OF WALL PAPER HIS PREMISES WON'T GO TO RACK AND RUINS SAME AS THEY'RE IN DANGER O DOIN A PRESENT TIME NOW SONNY WOULD YOUR MOTHER FEEL LIKE KEEPIN UP THINGS A LITTLE MIT IF WE SHOULD SAY SIXTY DOLLARS A YEAR RENT PAYABLE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY AS IS CONVENIENT GILBERT'S HEAD SWAM AND HIS EYES BEHELD SUCH MYRIADS OF STARS THAT HE FELT IT MUST BE NIGHT INSTEAD OF DAY THE RENT ON THE CHARLESTON HOUSE WAS SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND THE LAST WORDS OF HIS MOTHER HAD BEEN TO THE EFFECT THAT TWO HUNDRED WAS A LIMIT HE MUST OFFER FOR THE YELLOW HOUSE AS SHE DID NOT SEE CLEARLY AT THE MOMENT HOW THEY COULD AFFORD EVEN THAT SUM WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE COLONEL STAMMERED THE BOY I THINK SIXTY DOLLARS IS NOT EXORBITANT THE COLONEL ANSWERED CALMLY HE HAD SEEN BUILD REAL ESTATE FOLLOW PEG A YEAR FOR TWENTY SUCCESSIVE YEARS THOUGH NATURALLY YOU CANNOT PAY THAT SUM AND MAKE ANY EXTRAVAGANT REPAIRS
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