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" And helped themselves too, to money, and health, which 

 is worth more than money." 



"They did that, I can assure you. They were perfect 

 little giants when they left us." 



"It was a capital idea, Nelson. I have lots of girls 

 among my patients who are always ailing slightly. A few 

 weeks of out-door work on such a place as this would set 

 them up for life. But, bless me, it would never do. It is 

 not genteel to work." 



" Just what the people about here said," remarked Mrs. 

 Jones. " The mere fact that our friend employed a few 

 girls in his market-garden created a small tempest among 

 the villagers. They, too, thought it not genteel, etc." 



" Great geese, all of them." 



" Just my idea." 



" Now, Nelson, go on, please. Let us hear more." 



" To have a variety, we planted a half acre of the ' Early 

 Yellow Six-Weeks Beans/ They did very well. We had 

 about seventy-five bushels, which brought an average 

 price of one dollar and twenty-five cents a bushel, which 

 netted us just one hundred dollars. Lastly, we planted 

 cabbages where the peas, beans, lettuce, and potatoes had 

 been growing, and, after allowing a liberal margin for those 

 that never came to maturity, we harvested seven thousand 

 heads, and sold them all out in one lot for three hundred 



