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the incomparable teapot results always obtainable from an infusion has given it a prestige possessed by no other tea on sale oufcdraws and outclasses all other teas this is no idle claim b500 7vi how tom whitney won first place im going to make a go of the old place nell for years that farm has been a handtomouth struggle but if you want to make money youve got to have modern ma chinery but it costs so much ned by eleanor h porter copyright houghton nlfflln co published by special arrangement with thos allen toronto i know it does ill have to bor- row a lot but i can see the way to i pay it olt in a few years then well be on easy street we shall i have to be careful for a while but i isnt that better than having your nose to the grindstone all your life ned got out his list of modern farm conveniences and they got over have some one pick lit together it almost took nells j without giving you more about the birds tom knew such a lot of interesting things j make the unworn corners of sheets suddenly she closed the box and pillow cases the better por- put her head down on the lid hardly tons of an old white the county council of middlesex county out has passed a bylaw bedspread protecting all birds and game in the- chapter vii mrs burke denbv was surprised at directed to her husband in the morn mg mail that first day of november until she noticed the and she was very sure she would iiy was a little i lo to keep the pretty little book j n fj everv the number of letters oml p lo the money she got j concerning certain domestic affairs take your boy or girl along when you go to buy him or her a new suit remember how irritating it was to your clothes choice in the breath when she realized all that it matter consult the childrens tastes would mean to pay such a sum of j somewhat do not let them select money anything unsuitable but give them dont you think we could wait a a choice of several sensible selec i little for some of these things shetions knowing whether to laugh or cry might be converted into bath towels county for a period of five years or pray perhaps she did a little of a wash cloths or used under the j this action was taken on account of all three when she got up she took tablecloth as a silence cloth j the unscrupulous slaughter of birds neds ring from her finger and laid candle ends can be made to do land game and the consequent in- it on the dresser her eyes filled vithi further duty by paring off the ends crease of insect pests quiet content for she knew that tom two short pieces perfectly smooth whitney had won first place j a even until the tip of the wick can be seen in each heat these two smooth ends and stick- them firmly together the top half will burn down and fuse with the lower half burning clear through young camouflage artist bessie is a bright one the other day her teacher set her and her school- mates to drawing letting them choose it will give them a feeling of their own subjects after the teacher and all she spent all this was very well in theory but in practice- moneymaker responsibilities and make them more one is a j selfreliant besides putting it out of the trouble is weve the question for them to grumble been brought up to be afraid to risk anything that we never have any- over your choice of their apparel one of the sternest tasks that falls to the lot of the housemother is the oversight of the family underwear familiar names nl m the upper lefthand corners of j at thc eml of the first wcek iielen thing to ris several of the envelopes brought her book to her husband i once more nelly glanced over the oh its the bills she murmured j s t l before him with ij nu s thought of the shabby in the changeable weather of spring drawing i her breath a little un- s gusto old house ned had asked her to share and fall i aninot very strong on certainly todays the first audi on the one side were several en- with him in three months they were didt tv 7 i sc tcm th z s a to be married she admired this big 1 aidn t think thered be such a lot eight dollars received on the other 5 of then still ive had things at all side were the words spent all but practical fellow and had great faith those places well anyway hell be seventeen cents ln h success she had felt that it glad to pay th all at once without i but v snol11 p nv what v be a fin0 to help raake my teasing for money all the time vou spent ll for corrected burke she finished with resolute insistence j vi f augh as she turned back to her work j why if now that the time had come i why cr so you can see e and the bills lay before her in all i what the money goes for their fearsome reality helen was whats the difference if beginning to doubt the wisdom of her goes financial system she would not ad- oh shucks you cant keep mit it even to herself and she still c account that way wore a determinedlv cheerful face put em both down and then when her husband came home to din- balance up and see if your ner that night she went into the comcs rl s l th he kitchen as he began to open his mail ered taking a little book from his she was reminded of a sudden pcket im keeping one and something that needed her attention he pointed to a little list which read two minutes later she nearly drop ped the dish of potato salad she was carrying at the sound of his voice from the doorway helen what in heavens name is the meaning of these bills he was in the kitchen now holding out j a sheaf of tightly clutched papers j in each hand that success but in this list of con veniences she saw no mention of anything for the house neds mo ther had spent a weary life unaided by any of the womansavers had gone early to what must have been a welcome rest strangely you have tol enou ned had not alluded to that side of the question but now they cash i never could undertake anything more than he had already outlined it seemed pretty clear what her part was to be something else was troubling nelly last evening tom whitney had met her and they had strolled much farther than she had intended he didnt know of her engagement to ned and had asked her to marry him tom was so different from ned the tender thoughtful look in his eyes now thats what i t made a woman trust nim she had noticed how fondly children hovered lunch 25 cigar 10 carfare 10 paper 02 helen 200 cigars 25 paper 02 i around him and he had a real affec helen set the potato salad down day- hastily hike that then add em up and sub wnv burke dont dont look at tract it from what you receive me so whats left should equal your cash ion for animals nelly wished that but what does this mean what i on hand ned hadnt kicked old sport out of are these things hmm well all right assented i the way the other night why they theyre just bills ihelen dubiously as she picked up toms quiet plea came back to her suppose bills they said theyd be great caesar helen her own little book you i helen looked still more dubious dont mean to sav that you do know when she presented her book for in about them that you bought all this spection the nextweek stuff t dont think i like it now i want to make things eie for you nelly i havent got very much but we can fix up the old place so you wont have to slave the way most of thc women around here do look why rot i fan have a plant put in that will give us water and light and well fighten you what do you think j steals actually steals it says i have a furnace some day ill see of me springing a thing like thisjought to have one dollar and forty- that you get the other things that whv burke i i thought youd five cents and l havent got but will h to make the work easy t stuff helens lip begajic quiver burke dont please dont like that you frighten me this way she announced with a pout j why rot why burke the mean old thing making children mind but when it comes to underwear to fit the season i claim police powers the warm days of spring especially when spring comes early make the winter clothing uncomfortable and it is right to change but when the mer cury drops it is best to go back to warmer clothing sometimes i have and to coax and if that does not work i try threats i have one threat that works splendidly on the older rebels you will not get any dinner until you do change such a threat as this will bring any adult male to the clothes he ought to wear the outlook of our young soldiers have been broadened by their exper iences the suffering for higher aims than they have ever known before besides the wider views given by the glimpses they have had of life in for eign countries they will need and demand a newer and deeper compan ionship from their womenkind at home a quickening of intelligence and comradeship the genuine horn girl may be quite sure of the old time affection but the girl whose character remains petty can not hope for full companionship with those whose outlook on life has been changed y the girls too will need tovfi5h up on their ge kee3 up with the boys who return froni overseas familiar with places that to the girls are mere specks on the map we will all find such knowledge broadening had examined what the other children had drawn she took up bessies sheet why whats this she said vou havent drawn anything at all child- please teacher yes i have re turned bessie its a warpicture a long line of ammunition wagons at the front you cant see em cause theyre camouflaged like it like it yyes that i didnt have to ask you for money all the time and youd have to ppay em some time anyhow we had to eat vou know but great scott helen we arent a hotel look at that salad isalad salad isalad ho its got it itself fourteen cents somewhere ho thats easy dear the man gave an indulgent laugh you did nt put em all down what you spent but i djd everything i could re member con love you nelly wont you let try to show you how much as ned went on with his figuring nell had been looking deep into her heart what was it she thoufht she i loved in this big finelooking fellow tacles into paper bags and use the mber besides i borrowed fifty was it his good looks his efficiency match sticks for kindling fire ts of mrs jones i didnt put sometimes she had felt that his man- 1 annlv peroxide of hydrog exploded pointing a shaking finger lhat down anywhere i didnt know wo nnt h r lso v it jijlt at a series of items on the upper- where to put it penny savers the whey left from cottage cheese can be used instead of milk for mak ing bread sponge for polishing lamp chimneys and table glassware use the better parts of castoff bath towels empty the burnt match recep most bill in his left hand theres tons of the stuff there and i always did abominate it why burke i i and the floods came oh thunderation helen helen dont please dont but i thought i was going to p- ploase you and you called me a h- hotel and you said you abominated it she wailed stumbling away mindly helen you borrowed money of that woman she isnt that woman shes myi friend and i like her flared helen hotly i had to have some eggs and i didnt have a cent of money i shall pay her back of course next time you pay me i burke frowned oh come come helen this will i never do he remonstrated of course youll pay her back but i rogen to a ners were not very gentle but she cu vr scratch by means of a medi- had hushed the thought as unworthy cj dropper and none will be wasted trying to remember that a mans aj pi your machine sewing so that man for a that j you can run from one piece of work presently he looked up from the papers he had spread over the table two cents for your thoughts nell dont be extravagant laughed nelly if you really want to know to another without cutting and wast ing thread paste strips of velvet around the inside of the heels of childrens shoes and you will have fewer holes caught the sobshaken little of his wife in his arms desperately fleeing to cover in tho worth tear faco of the threatening storm of come wont sobs il w see that you have some money now he cried with a despairing ejaculation ff borl of thc burke flung the bills to the floor and ne guro but ihad to i had to have some eggs she choked and there there i was a brute and r t n t i didnt mean it not a word of it x in lu i sweetheart dont please dont he tlzll j m begged why girlie all the bills jn christendom arent from your dear eyes y did mi stnn it nnce the k plunging his hands into his s wt jsijjf at the end of ten minutes however j w together thev went into the dining w ff l room helen carried the potato a i h3 ah salad which burke delated he was g ft s the really hungry for today and burke mo i carried the bills crumpled in one like children then they scrambled hand behind his back his other arm for the rolling nickels and elusive around his wifes waist dimes and in thc ensuing frolic the there were to be no more charge tiresome account book was forgotten accounts for the wceklv expenses which was exactly what burke had helen was to have ovcry cent that hoped would happen could possibly be spared but whati this was thc second week at thc she could rot pay cash for thev must end of the third the mean old go without if they starved in a- thing was in a worse muddle than pretty little book she must put down ever according to helen and for her one side the money she received part she would rather never buy on the other the money spent she anything at all if she had got to go was a dear good little wife and hcnnd telj that nuisance of a book loved her most to death but he every timel couldnt let her run up bills when lie the fourth saturday night helen had not a red cent to nay them with j did not produce the book at all he would borrow of course for oh i dont keep that anv long- thesc he was not going to have anyer she announced with airy non- dirty little tradesmen pestering him chalance in answer to burkes qucs with bills all the time but this tion it never came right and i rhiia be the last never again hated it anyhow so whats thc a helen said yes yc3 indeed u iye got what ive got and j ive spent what i ve spent so whats rarv ft flvitwo the difference and burke after j jvx vjjjvjxulio a feeble remonhranco gave it up as gabies beuilful long clothes outfits a bad job incidentally it might be totlly mad of lincst materials mentioned that burke was having a 0 complcta maternity skirts and little difficulty with his own cash b at moderate prices send for account and was tempted to accuse volfson x his own book of stealing else where cid thc money go to he corinued ilist iro you art at once put him on a tonic making him tell her i was wondering about my aids t uarn j their stockings heat and water and light and the oilcloth on kitchen table or cabin- household machinery a plant cant j c can be made to last longer if a be kept up unless all the parts are padding of soft paper is placed under looked after dont you think thats t the life of oilcloth can almost true de doubled when this is done ned flushed but nell he proi pancakes left from breakfast if tested you just said that yon were son in milk until soft then beaten afraid we were getting in deeper w a spoon may be added to the than we could pull out those things nex sponge for bread or biscuit will tome in time ive been think- one canny housekeeper puts thc ing about cm hut you dont get the pocket on the under side of her returns there that you do from these npron she learned to do this after machines that increase your output s torn out many pockets by a washing machine does not send cn them on chair arms door- nny more wheat to the market nor knobs and similar projections increase the bank account ned was never very observant what he said generally settled matters and now he was so filled with his own schemes that he didnt notice the strange look in nellys eyes even when he said goodnight he was not conscious of any lack of response on her part j when nelly went upstoirs she opened the little hope chest she had been filling with so much pride she picked up thc last napkin she had hemmed while she was work ing on 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