33/39 Then it's $156 a year till I was fourteen and earned board and wages, two more years at $156--and I've paid since I was seventeen, you know." "Well--I guess you did--I guess you did." He grinned genially. "Yes," he continued slowly, "I guess that's a fair enough account. 'Cording to this, you owe me $3,600.00, young woman! I didn't think it cost that much to raise a girl." "I know it," said she. "But here's the other side." It was the other side. He had never once thought of such a side to the case. |