37/54 Miss Warren and her brother will be obliged to economize somewhat in their manner of living. But, with care _and_ economy, their income should be quite sufficient, without touching the principal, to--" "Hold on again; the income, you say. What is that income ?" "Roughly speaking, a mere estimate, about twenty to twenty-five thousand yearly." Captain Elisha had stooped to pick up the pipe he had dropped. His fingers touched it, but they did not close. Instead he straightened up in his chair as if suffering from an electric shock. |