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Ralph's small, rickety table had been changed for a big, roomy one of pine, hidden by the half of an old crimson piano cloth. RALPH'S SMALL RICKETY TABLE HAD BEEN CHANGED FOR A BIG ROOMY ONE A PINE HIDDEN BY THE HALF OF AN OLD CRIMSON PIANO CLOTH
ries, because all his earnings went to pay the inevitable debts incurred when a fellow is working his way through college. Mrs. Carey, with the help of the other two women, had seized upon this stormy Friday, when the teacher always took his luncheon with him to the academy, to convert Ralph's room into something comfortable and cheerful. The old, cracked, air-tight stove had been removed, and Bill Harmon had contributed a second-hand Franklin, left with him for a bad debt. It was of soapstone and had sliding doors in front, so that the blaze could be disclosed when life was very dull or discouraging. The straw matting on the floor had done very well in the autumn, but Mrs. Carey now covered the centre of the room with a bright red drugget left from the Charlestown house-furnishings, and hung the two windows with curtains of printed muslin. Ossian Popham had taken a clotheshorse and covered it with red felting, so that the screen, so evolved could be made to hide the bed and washstand. SPEND ON LUXURIES BECAUSE ALL HIS EARNINGS WENT TO PAY THE INEVITABLE DEBTS INCURRED WHEN A FELLOW IS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE MISSUS CAREY WITH THE HELP OF THE TWO OTHER WOMEN HAD SEIZED UPON THIS STORMY FRIDAY WHEN THE TEACHER ALWAYS TOOK HIS LUNCHEON WITH HIM TO THE ACADEMY TO CONVERT RALPH'S ROOM INTO SOMETHING COMFORTABLE AND CHEERFUL THE OLD CRACKED AIR TIDE STOVE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND BILL HARMON HAD CONTRIBUTED A SECOND HAND FRANKLIN LEFT WITH HIM FOR A BAD DEBT IT WAS OF SOAP STONE AND HAD SLIDING DOORS IN FRONT SO THAT THE BLAZE COULD BE DISCLOSED WHEN LIFE WAS VERY DULL OR DISCOURAGING THE STRAW MANNING ON THE FLOOR HAD DONE VERY WELL IN THE AUTUMN BUT MISSUS CAREY NOW COVERED THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM WITH A BRIGHT RED DRUGGET LEFT FROM THE CHARLESTON HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND HUNG THE TWO WINDOWS WITH CURTAINS OF PRINTED MUSLIN OSSEY AND POPPEN HAD TAKEN A CLOTHES HORSE AND COVERED IT WITH RED FELTING SO THAT THE SCREEN SO EVOLVED COULD BE MADE TO HIDE THE BED AND WASHSTAND
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