[The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter]@TWC D-Link bookThe Harvester CHAPTER XVII 36/70
As soon as I can leave her to attend to it, she shall have her freedom.
That will be easy.
Will you marry her ?" The doctor hesitated. "What is it ?" asked the Harvester. "Well to be frank," said Doctor Harmon, "it is money! I'm only getting a start.
I borrowed funds for my schooling and what I used for her.
She is in every way attractive enough to be desired by any man, but how am I to provide a home and support her and pay these debts? I'll try it, but I am afraid it will be taking her back to wrong conditions again." "If you knew that she owned a comfortable cottage in the suburbs, where it is cool and clean, and had, say a hundred a month of her own for the coming three years, could you see your way ?" "That would make all the difference in the world.
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