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You see Lem has got his taxes to pay,  they're small, of course, but they're an expense,  and he'd ought to carry a little insurance on his buildings, tho' he ain't had any up to now. YOU SEE LIMB HAS GOT HIS TAXES TO PAY THEY'RE SMALL OF COURSE BUT THEY'RE AN EXPENSE AND HE OUGHT TO CARRY A LITTLE INSURANCE ON HIS BUILDINGS THOUGH HE AIN'T HAD ANY UP TO NOW
y price on these premises--" "It wouldn't be any use," said Gilbert boldly. "My father has died within a year; there are four of us beside my mother, and there's a cousin, too, who is dependent on us. We have nothing but a small pension and the interest on five thousand dollars life insurance. Mother says we must go away from all our friends, live cheaply, and do our own work until Nancy, Kitty, and I grow old enough to earn something." Colonel Wheeler and Mr. Harmon both liked Gilbert Carey at sight, and as he stood there uttering his boyish confidences with great friendliness and complete candor, both men would have been glad to meet him halfway. "Well, Harmon, it seems to me we shall get some good neighbors if we can make terms with Mrs. Carey," said the Colonel. "If you'll fix a reasonable figure I'll undertake to write to Hamilton and interest him in the affair." "All right. Now, Colonel, I'd like to make a proposition right on the spot, before you, and you can advise sonny, here. TY I TELL YOU WHAT I AIN'T GOING TO STICK NO FANCY PRICE ON THESE PREMISES WOULDN'T BE ANY USE SAID GILBERT BOLDLY MY FATHER'S DIED WITHIN A YEAR AND THERE ARE FOUR OF US BESIDE MY MOTHER AND THERE'S A COUSIN TOO WHO'S DEPENDED ON US WE HAVE NOTHING BUT A SMALL PENSION AND THE INTEREST FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS LIFE INSURANCE MOTHER SAYS WE MUST GO AWAY FROM ALL OUR FRIENDS LIVE CHEAPLY AND DO OUR OWN WORK UNTIL NANCY KITTY AND I GROW OLD ENOUGH TO EARN SOMETHING COLONEL WHEELER AND MISTER HARMON BOTH LIKED GILBERT CAREY AT SIGHT AND AS HE STOOD THERE UTTERING HIS BOYISH CONFIDENCES WITH GREAT FRIENDLINESS AND COMPLETE CANDOUR BOTH MEN WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO MEET HIM HALF WAY WELL HARMON SEEMS TO ME WE SHALL GET SOME GOOD NEIGHBOURS IF WE CAN MAKE TERMS WITH MISSUS CAREY SAID THE COLONEL IF YOU'LL FIX A REASONABLE FIGURE I'LL UNDERTAKE TO WRITE HAMILTON AND INTEREST HIM IN THE AFFAIR NOW COLONEL I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSITION RIGHT ON THE SPOT BEFORE YOU AND YOU CAN ADVISE SONNY HERE
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