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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 isan excerpt from the farm ledger :— 
Expended in 1896 . . . « « «+ $48,309 
Interest on previous account. . so Jet ae 
Total . ‘i ‘ ° Pi - $45,509 
ON oe te Re gk ee 
Netexpense . . «-« « ~« $40,404 
Frevious account 2. ee we OD 
$34,404 
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. 
