For these, he was not always as thankful as he should have been; and more than once, in anticipation of blessings in this line, was known to say something, in a murmuring way, about being "blessed to death." And yet for Flora, and William, and Mary, and Kate, and even Harry, the last and least, he had a place in his heart, and all lay there without crowding or jostling each other.

The great trouble was, what he was to do with them all.

How are they to be supported and educated?
True, his salary had been increased until it was a thousand dollars, which was as much as he could expect to receive.

On this he was getting along very well, that is, making both ends meet at the expiration of each year.

But the children were getting older all the time, and would soon be more expense to him; and then there was no telling how many more were still to come.