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Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper

CHAPTER IV
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Such a bargain you will never get again, if you live to be as old as Mathuselah.

But, now, don't you want something else?
I can sell you cheaper and better articles in the furniture line than you can get in the city.

Small profits and quick sales--I go in for the nimble sixpence." My husband was in the sphere of attraction, and I saw that it would take a stronger effort on my part to draw him out than I wished to make.

So, I yielded with as good a grace as possible, and aided in the selection of a cheap sofa, a cheap, overgrown centre table, and two or three other article that were almost "thrown away." Well, our parlor was furnished with its new dress in good time, and made quite a respectable appearance.

Mr.Smith was delighted with everything; the more particularly as the cost had been so moderate.
I had my own thoughts on the subject; and looked very confidently for some evidences of imperfection in our great bargains.


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