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What Diantha Did

CHAPTER II
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For Henderson, Jr.'s, expenses to San Francisco, and again for Henderson when he was out of a job--Mr.Bell remembered the boy's writing for the money, and his not having it, and Mrs.Bell saying she could arrange with Diantha.
Arrange! And that girl had kept this niggardly account of it! For Minnie's trip to the Yosemite--and what was this ?--for his raisin experiment--for the new horse they simply had to have for the drying apparatus that year he lost so much money in apricots--and for the spraying materials--yes, he could not deny the items, and they covered that $1,164.00 exactly.
Then came the deadly balance, of the account between them: Her labor...

$2,047.00 Her board...

$936.00 Her "cash advanced"...

$1,164.00 -- ------- $4,147.00 His expense for her...

$3,600 -- ------- Due her from him...


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