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Having folded and slipped it into an envelope and addressed it to Thomas Hamilton, Esq., Hong Kong, China, he was about to seal it when he stopped a moment. "I'll enclose the little Carey girl's letter," he thought. "Tom's the only one who cares a penny for the old house, and I've told him I have rented it. He's a generous boy, and he won't grudge a few dollars lost to a good cause. Besides, these Careys will increase the value of the property every year they live in it, and without them the buildings would gradually have fallen into ruins." HAVING FOLDED AND SLIPPED IT INTO AN ENVELOPE AND ADDRESSED IT TO THOMAS HAMILTON ESQUIRE HONG KONG CHINA HE WAS ABOUT TO SEAL IT WHEN HE STOPPED A MOMENT I'LL ENCLOSE THE LITTLE CAREY GIRL'S LETTER HE THOUGHT TOM'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES A PENNY FOR THE OLD HOUSE AND I'VE TOLD HIM I HAVE RENTED IT HE'S A GENEROUS BOY AND HE WON'T GRUDGE A FEW DOLLARS LESS TO A GOOD CAUSE BESIDES THESE CAREYS WILL INCREASE THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY EVERY YEAR THEY LIVE IN IT AND WITHOUT THEM THE BUILDINGS WOULD GRADUALLY HAVE FALLEN INTO RUINS
essed, but they all looked a little conscious and a little discontented. That was it; the Careys were happier! There were six of them, living in the forgotten Hamilton house in a half-deserted village, on five or six hundred dollars a year, and doing their own housework, and they were happier than his own brood, spending forty or fifty times that sum. Well, they were grown up, his sons and daughters, and the only change in their lives now would come from wise or unwise marriages. No poverty-stricken sons-in-law would ever come into the family, with Mrs. Hamilton standing at the bars, he was sure of that! As for the boys, they might choose their mates in Texas or China; they might even have chosen them now, for aught he knew, though Jack was only twenty-six and Tom twenty-two. He must write to them oftener, all of them, no matter how busy and anxious he might be; especially to Tom, who was so far away. He drew a sheet of paper towards him, and having filled it, another, and yet another. WERE FAR MORE STYLISHLY DRESSED BUT THEY ALL LOOKED A LITTLE CONSCIOUS AND A LITTLE DISCONTENTED THAT WAS IT THE CAREYS WERE HAPPIER THERE WERE SIX OF THEM LIVING IN THE FORGOTTEN HAMILTON HOUSE IN A HALF DESERTED VILLAGE ON FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND DOING THEIR OWN HOUSEWORK AND THEY WERE HAPPIER THAN HIS OWN BROOD SPENDING FORTY OR FIFTY TIMES THAT SUM WELL THEY WERE GROWN UP HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND THE ONLY CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES NOW WOULD COME FROM WISE OR UNWISE MARRIAGES NO POVERTY STRICKEN SONS IN LAW WOULD EVER COME INTO THE FAMILY WITH MISSUS HAMILTON STANDING AT THE BARS HE WAS SURE OF THAT AS FOR THE BOYS THEY MIGHT CHOOSE THEIR MATES IN TEXAS OR CHINA THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE CHOSEN THEM BY NOW FOR AUGHT HE KNEW THOUGH JACK WAS ONLY TWENTY SIX AND TOM TWENTY TWO HE MUST WRITE TO THEM OFTENER ALL OF THEM NO MATTER HOW BUSY AND ANXIOUS HE MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY TO TOM WHO WAS SO FAR AWAY HE DREW A SHEET OF PAPER TOWARDS HIM AND HAVING FILLED IT ANOTHER AND YET ANOTHER
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