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Chapter 36

           ButScarlettsilencedhimwithasharpwordandsenthimouttogethisdinner.Shefeltbetterwhenhewasgone,forhisdisapprovalannoyedher,andshesettledherselfinasplit-bottomedchairbytheroaringstove,tuckedonefootunderherandspreadthebookacrossherlap.Itwasdinnertimeandthestreetsweredeserted.Nocustomerscalledandshehadthestoretoherself.

           Sheturnedthepagesslowly,narrowlyscanningtherowsofnamesandfigureswritteninFrank’scrampedcopperplatehand.Itwasjustasshehadexpected,andshefrownedasshesawthisnewestevidenceofFrank’slackofbusinesssense.Atleastfivehundreddollarsindebts,someofthemmonthsold,weresetdownagainstthenamesofpeoplesheknewwell,theMerriwethersandtheElsingsamongotherfamiliarnames.FromFrank’sdeprecatoryremarksaboutthemoney"people"owedhim,shehadimaginedthesumstobesmall.Butthis!

           "Iftheycan’tpay,whydotheykeeponbuying?"shethoughtirritably."Andifheknowstheycan’tpay,whydoeshekeeponsellingthemstuff?Lotsofthemcouldpayifhe’djustmakethemdoit.TheElsingscertainlycouldiftheycouldgiveFannyanewsatindressandanexpensivewedding.Frank’sjusttoosofthearted,andpeopletakeadvantageofhim.Why,ifhe’dcollectedhalfthismoney,hecouldhaveboughtthesawmillandeasilysparedmethetaxmoney,too."

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