22 Living on Next to 



vegetables, and, almost invariably, fruit or the 

 simplest kind of pudding. I know that such 

 a bill of fare would not please many people. 

 It is low living, at all events, if not high think- 

 ing. Probably books and magazines cost us as 

 much as our dinners throughout the summer. 

 Nevertheless, I have made out this little table, 

 compiled from the expense accounts kept with 

 scrupulous care for the eight months beginning 

 with the first of May and ending with the first 

 of January : 



Rent (for the whole year) $160 oo 



Wages ......... 100 oo 



Grocer's and butcher's bill . . . . 128 oo 



Expenses upon garden, boat, house, including 



tools, paint, repairs, seeds, etc. . . . 35 oo 



Coal and wood . . . . . . . 25 oo 



Total $448 oo 



This shows a total of $448, or an average of 

 per month. To offset this sum, I have 

 only to show, as coming from the place, the in- 

 significant sum of $43, made up by sending 

 surplus eggs to the grocer's, and giving what 

 vegetables and hay I did not need to a neigh- 

 bor. There is also a small sum to be credited 



