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But when Uncle Peter Stower died and left most of his property to his four nieces, Mr. Howbridge, the lawyer, had come for the Kenway sisters and established them in the old Corner House. For in Bloomingsburg the Kenways had lived among very poor people, and were very poor themselves. With them, to the old mansion, had come Aunt Sarah Maltby.
Howbridge is the executor of the estate; but we four Kenway girls and Aunt Sarah have the income from it. And we came to live in this old Corner House almost as soon as Uncle Peter Stower died." "Then you could take boarders if you wanted to?" demanded the white-haired boy, sticking to his proposition like a leech. "Why maybe I'd ask Ruth "
The Kenways knew by the way he spoke, that his expected experiences at school were uppermost in his thoughts all the time. Ruth had talked the matter over with Mrs. MacCall, although she had not seen Mr. Howbridge, and they had decided that the boy was a very welcome addition to the Corner House household, if he would stay.
So I am confident you are going to grant this request " Mr. Howbridge groaned. "You are beginning in your usual way, I see," he said. "You want something of me but it is for somebody else you want it, I'll be bound." "Oh, no, sir! it is really for me," declared Ruth. "I'd like quite some money." "What for, may I ask?" "Of course, sir. I've come to consult you about it. You see, it's the tenants."
Once Miss Shipman, Agnes' and Neale's teacher, had come as the guest of honor; and more than once Mr. Howbridge had passed his dish for a second helping of Mrs. MacCall's famous beans. It was an elastic table, anyway, that table of the Corner House girls. It was of a real cozy size when the family was alone. Mrs.
"Oh, Ruthie! I never thought of that," squealed Agnes. "But suppose Neale comes before you can get Mr. Howbridge here?" Ruth put on her thinking cap. "I tell you," she said. "Introduce me to Mr. Sorber. Get him to promise to stay to supper with Neale. That will give us time." This plot was carried out. Ruth saw Mr. Sorber, too, under a much more favorable light.
She told me so." "But they are very poor people," Ruth said. "I know, for they can scarcely pay their rent some months. Mr. Howbridge told me so." "There are a lot of little children in the family," said Agnes. "And Sadie is the oldest," Tess said. "You see, she told me how it was. She has to go home nights and wash and dry the dishes, and sweep, and take care of the baby and lots of things.
It was several minutes before Ruth could get any clear account from her sister of what had happened. But when she did finally get into the story, Agnes told it lucidly and she held Ruth's undivided attention, the reader may be sure. "Poor Neale indeed!" murmured Ruth. "What can we do?" demanded Agnes. "I don't know. But surely, there must be some way out. I I'll telephone to Mr. Howbridge."
Howbridge, whatever else you may do with money of the estate, this expense will never be questioned by any of us." From Mrs. Kranz and Perkins, Ruth obtained the information that she wished. The Corner House girls knew they could do no great thing; but for the purchase of small presents that children would appreciate, the twenty-five dollars Ruth got from Mr. Perkins, would go a long way.
Goronofsky has a little tailor business, and that's all," Ruth said, gravely. "I I sha'n't tell Mr. Howbridge about Sadie and her bank." Thanksgiving came and went and it was a real Thanksgiving for the Corner House girls. They had never had such a fine time on that national festival before, although they were all alone just the regular family at the table.
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