Even at five dollars a-piece.

They would last us our life-time; while cane-seat chairs, if we get them, will have to be renewed two or three times, and cost a great deal more in the end, without being half so comfortable, or looking half-so well." "Sixty dollars for a dozen chairs, when very good ones can be had for twenty-four dollars! Indeed, Ellen, we mustn't think of such a thing.

We can't afford it.

Remember, there are a great many other things to buy." "I know, dear; but I am sure it will be much more economical in the end for us to diminish the number of articles, and add to the quality of what we do have.

I am very much like the poor woman who preferred a cup of clear, strong, fragrant coffee, three times a week, to a decoction of burnt rye every day.