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"We didn't exactly understand what you meant by the note you wrote," said Betty. "Well, I'll tell you how that was," he said, frankly. "You see, I was left considerable money by a rich relative, but I had bad luck. Maybe I didn't have a good business head, either. WE DIDN'T EXACTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT BY THE NOTE YOU WROTE SAID BETTY WELL I'LL TELL YOU HOW THAT WAS HE SAID FRANKLY YOU SEE I WAS LEFT CONSIDERABLE MONEY BY A RICH RELATIVE BUT I HAD BAD LUCK MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS HEAD EITHER
g walk, Betty?" "I couldn't help it. There were no other relatives available, and I couldn't have any made to order. There was no stopping place between here and home." "Oh, I dare say I can stand it," murmured Grace. "But I guess I won't wear my new shoes in that case. Twenty-two miles!" "It is quite a stretch," said Mr. Blackford. He helped Grace put away the alcohol stove, and the cups in which the chocolate had been served. They were washed in the little stream, and would be cleansed again at the house of Betty's cousin. "You haven't asked us when we are going to give you that five hundred dollar bill," said Mollie, as they started for Judgeville. "Well," spoke Mr. Blackford, with a laugh, "I didn't want to seem too anxious. I knew that it was safe where you had put it, Miss Nelson," and he looked at Betty. "Besides, I have been without it so long now that it seems almost as if I never had it. And from all the good it is going to do me, perhaps I might be better off without it now. ER DO IT WHY DID YOU ARRANGE SUCH A LONG WALK BETTY I COULDN'T HELP IT THERE WERE NO OTHER RELATIVES AVAILABLE AND I COULDN'T HAVE ANY MADE TO ORDER THERE WAS NO STOPPING PLACE BETWEEN HERE AND HOME OH I DARESAY I CAN STAND IT MURMURED GRACE BUT I GUESS I WON'T WEAR MY NEW SHOES IN THAT CASE TWENTY TWO MILES IT IS QUITE A STRETCH SAID MISTER BLACKFORD HE HELPED GRACE PUT AWAY THE ALCOHOL STOVE AND THE CUPS IN WHICH THE CHOCOLATE HAD BEEN SERVED THEY WERE WASHED UP IN THE LITTLE STREAM AND WOULD BE CLEANSED AGAIN AT THE HOUSE OF BETTY'S COUSIN YOU HAVEN'T ASKED US WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL SAID MOLLY AS THEY STARTED FOR JUDGEVILLE WELL SPOKE MISTER BLACKFORD WITH A LAUGH I DIDN'T WANT TO SEEM TOO ANXIOUS I KNEW THAT IT WAS SAFE WHERE YOU HAD PUT IT MISS NELSON AND HE LOOKED AT BETTY BESIDES I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT IT SO LONG NOW THAT IT SEEMS ALMOST AS IF I NEVER HAD IT AND FROM ALL THE GOOD IT IS GOING TO DO ME PERHAPS I MIGHT BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT IT NOW
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