What do you mean by too cheap ?" "The person who sold them to you may not have made profit enough upon them to pay for her time and labor.

If this were the case, she sold them to you too cheap." "Suppose she paid too high for them?
Is the purchaser to pay for her error ?" "Whether she did so, it would be hard to tell; and even if she had made such a mistake, I think it would be more just and humane to pay her a price that would give her a fair profit, instead of taking from her the means of buying bread for her children.

At least, this is my way of reasoning." "And a precious lot of money it must take to support such a system of reasoning.

But how much, pray, do you have a week to keep the family?
I am curious to know." "Thirty-five dollars." "Thirty-five dollars! You are jesting." "Oh, no! That is exactly what I receive, and as I have said, I find the sum ample." "While I receive fifty dollars a week," said Mrs.Mier, "and am forever calling on my husband to settle some bill or other for me.
And yet I never pay the exorbitant prices asked by everybody for every thing.

I am strictly economical in my family.