36/297 It will be a very light matter for, say ten persons, to give a dollar a-piece, in order to relieve Mrs.Arnold from her present trouble. There are plenty who would cheerfully contribute for this good purpose; all that is wanted is some one to take upon himself the business of making the collections. That task shall be mine." "How glad, James, to hear you say so," smilingly replied Mrs.Lyon. That rent has troubled her sadly. Old Links, her landlord, has been worrying her about it a good deal, and, only a week ago, threatened to put her things in the street if she didn't pay up." "I should have thought of this before," remarked Andrew Lyon. |