? ? ? ? "But Grace? She is a delicate girl," said the mother, anxiously. "She cannot make her way as you can."
? ? ? ? "She won't need to," said Frank, promptly; "I shall take care of her."
? ? ? ? "But you are very young even to support yourself. You are only fourteen."
? ? ? ? "I know it, mother, but I am strong, and I am not afraid. There are a hundred ways of making a living."
? ? ? ? "But do you realize that you will have to start with absolutely nothing? Deacon Pinkerton holds a mortgage on this house for all it will bring in the market, and I owe him arrears of interest besides."
? ? ? ? "I didn't know that, mother, but it doesn't frighten me."
? ? ? ? "And you will take care of Grace?"
? ? ? ? "I promise it, mother."
? ? ? ? "Suppose Grace were not your sister?" said the sick woman, anxiously scanning the face of the boy.
? ? ? ? "What makes you suppose such a thing as that, mother? Of course she is my sister.
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