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"Never!" cried Nancy. "You slave enough for us, as it is, but you shall never slave for anybody else; shall she, Gilly?" "Not if I know it!" answered Gilbert with good ringing emphasis. NEVER CRIED NANCY YOU SLAVE ENOUGH FOR US AS IT IS BUT YOU'LL NEVER SLAVE FOR ANYBODY ELSE SHALL SHE GILLY NOT IF I KNOW IT SAID GILBERT WITH A GOOD RINGING EMPHASIS
ction. "Mother Carey!" she exclaimed remorsefully. "You haven't mentioned money since New Year's, and I thought we were rubbing along as usual. The bills are all paid; what's the matter?" "That is the matter!" answered Mrs. Carey with the suspicion of a tear in her laughing voice, "The bills _are_ paid, and there's too little left! We eat so much, and we burn so much wood, and so many gallons of oil'" "The back of the winter's broken, mother dear!" said Gilbert, as a terrific blast shook the blinds as a terrier would a rat. "Don't listen to that wind; it 's only a March bluff! Osh Popham says snow is the poor man's manure; he says it's going to be an early season and a grand hay crop. We'll get fifty dollars for our field." "That will be in July, and this is March," said his mother. "Still, the small reversible Van Twiller will carry us through May, with our other income. But the saving days are over, and the earning days have come, dears! I am the oldest and the biggest, I must begin. WHAT SHALL WE DO NANCY LEAPT TO HER FEET SCATTERING CATS IN EVERY DIRECTION MOTHER CAREY SHE EXCLAIMED REMORSELY YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED MONEY SINCE NEW YEAR'S AND I THOUGHT WE WERE RUBBING ALONG AS USUAL THE BILLS ARE ALL PAID WHAT'S THE MATTER THAT IS THE MATTER ANSWERED MISSUS CAREY WITH A SUSPICION OF A TEAR IN HER LAUGHING VOICE THE PILLS ARE PAID AND THERE'S TOO LITTLE LEFT WE EAT SO MUCH WE BURN SO MUCH WOOD AND SO MANY GALLONS OF OIL THE BACK OF WINTER'S BROKEN MOTHER DEAR SAID GILBERT AS A TERRIFIC BLASH SHOOK THE BLINDS AS A TERRIER WITH A RAT DON'T LISTEN TO THAT WIND IT'S ONLY A MARCH BLUFF OSH POPPIN SAYS SNOW IS THE POOR MAN'S MANURE HE SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE AN EARLY SEASON AND A GRAND HAYCROP WE'LL GET FIFTY DOLLARS FOR OUR FIELD THAT WILL BE IN JULY AND THIS IS MARCH SAID HIS MOTHER STILL THE SMALL REVERSABLE VAN TWILLER WILL CARRY US THROUGH MAY WITH OUR OTHER INCOME BUT SAVING DAYS ARE OVER AND THE EARNING DAYS ARE COME DEARS I AM THE OLDEST AND THE BIGGEST I MUST BEGIN
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