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There is the insurance money itself, too, but mother says nothing but a very dreadful need must make us touch that. You see there are four of us children, which with mother makes five, and now there is Julia, which makes six. THERE IS THE INSURANCE MONEY ITSELF TOO BUT MOTHER SAYS NOTHING BUT A VERY DREADFUL NEED MUST MAKE US TOUCH THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE FOUR OF US CHILDREN WHICH WITH MOTHER MAKES FIVE AND NOW THERE IS JULIA WHICH MAKES SIX
ke a furnace into the cellar. We would cut two registers behind the doors in the dining-room and sitting-room floors, and two little round holes in the ceilings to let the heat up into two bedrooms, if you are willing to let us do it. [Mother says that Cousin Ann is a good and generous person. It is true, and it makes us very unhappy that we cannot really love her on account of her being so fault-finding; but you, being an American Consul and travelling all over the world, must have seen somebody like her.] Mr. Harmon is writing to you, but I thought he wouldn't know so much about us as I do. We have father's pension; that is three hundred and sixty dollars a year; and one hundred dollars a year from the Charlestown house, but that only lasts for four years; and two hundred dollars a year from the interest on father's insurance. That makes six hundred and sixty dollars, which is a great deal if you haven't been used to three thousand, but does not seem to be enough for a family of six.  PUT A LARGE STOVE LIKE A FURNACE INTO THE CELLAR WE WOULD CUT TWO REGISTERS BEHIND THE DOORS IN THE DINING ROOM AND THE SITTING ROOM FLOORS AND TWO LITTLE ROUND HOLES IN THE CEILINGS TO LET THE HEAT UP INTO TWO BEDROOMS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LET US DO IT MOTHER SAYS THAT COUSIN ANN IS A GOOD AND GENEROUS PERSON IT IS TRUE AND IT MAKES US VERY UNHAPPY THAT WE CANNOT REALLY LOVE HER ON ACCOUNT OF HER BEING SO FAULT FINDING BUT YOU BEING AN AMERICAN CONSUL AND TRAVELLING ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY LIKE HER MISTER HARMON IS WRITING TO YOU BUT I THOUGHT HE WOULDN'T KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT US AS I DO WE HAVE FATHER'S PENSION THAT IS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS A YEAR AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR IN CHARLESTON HOUSE BUT THAT ONLY LASTS FOR FOUR YEARS AND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE INTEREST ON FATHER'S INSURANCE THAT MAKES SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS WHICH IS A GREAT DEAL IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN USED TO THREE THOUSAND BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF SIX
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