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to make up the accounts for the year. As Polly 

 had spent the larger lump sum, I could face her 

 with greater boldness than on the previous occa- 

 sion. Here is an excerpt from the farm ledger : 



Expended in 1896 $43,309 



Interest on previous account .... 2,200 



Total $45,509 



Receipts 5,105 



Net expense $40,404 



Previous account 44,000 



$84,404 



The farm owes me a little more than $84,000. 

 "Not so good as I hoped, and not so bad as I 

 feared," said Polly. " We will win out all right, 

 Mr. Headman, though it does seem a lot of 

 money." 



" Like the Irishman's pig," quoth I. " Pat 

 said, 'It didn't weigh nearly as much as I ex- 

 pected, but I never thought it would.' ' 



There was little to depress us in the past, and 

 nothing in the present, so we joined the young 

 people for the dance at the Club. 



