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 her? Why did they not do something to break the monotony, the sacrifice, and the hard work of her life?

He resolved that he would work very hard. Then he would take a few days off and he would ask Margaret Cameron to go pleasuring with him. They would go where people were resting on the beaches. They might go somewhere on a boat. They could go into the city and hear some wonderful concerts or see some worth-while pictures, or to an interesting play. For his share of what she was making life mean to him, he would try to make some material return. That he settled on definitely.

One day Jamie mentioned Margaret’s children to the little Scout and found that the child was as indignant as he was.

“There isn’t any tellin’,” said the little Scout, “as to when Lolly will get here. She doesn’t think about much except herself and she does mostly what she pleases, but Molly will come. Her job’s a hard one and she may have to rest up a few days. She may have to close her rooms and get somebody else in them, but if Molly doesn’t come she’s got a mighty good reason, and when she comes, the camp fires and the picnics will begin, and there’ll be something worth while doin’ around these parts. When Molly comes she has greased her bearings and she’s hittin’ on six cylinders, and we go!”

The little Scout used both hands to illustrate how they went when Molly came home.

“There’s a lot of fun in Molly to the square inch! She wears a big kid grin on her face and she ain’t afraid of dirt.