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Chapter 36

           Hedidn’tseemtorealizewhataslenderfingerholdtheyhadonsecurityandhowimportantitwastomakemoremoneyinthesetroubloustimeswhenmoneywastheonlyprotectionagainstfreshcalamities.

           Frankmighthavebeenasuccessfulbusinessmanintheeasydaysbeforethewarbuthewassoannoyinglyold-fashioned,shethought,andsostubbornaboutwantingtodothingsintheoldways,whentheoldwaysandtheolddaysweregone.Hewasutterlylackingintheaggressivenessneededinthesenewbittertimes.Well,shehadtheaggressivenessandsheintendedtouseit,whetherFranklikeditornot.Theyneededmoneyandshewasmakingmoneyanditwashardwork.TheveryleastFrankcoulddo,inheropinion,wasnottointerferewithherplanswhichweregettingresults.

           Withherinexperience,operatingthenewmillwasnoeasyjobandcompetitionwaskeenernowthanithadbeenatfirst,soshewasusuallytiredandworriedandcrosswhenshecamehomeatnights.AndwhenFrankwouldcoughapologeticallyandsay:"Sugar,Iwouldn’tdothis,"or"Iwouldn’tdothat,Sugar,ifIwereyou,"itwasallshecoulddotorestrainherselffromflyingintoarage,andfrequentlyshedidnotrestrainherself.Ifhedidn’thavethegumptiontogetoutandmakesomemoney,whywashealwaysfindingfaultwithher?Andthethingshenaggedheraboutweresosilly!Whatdifferencediditmakeintimesliketheseifshewasbeingunwomanly?Especiallywhenherunwomanlysawmillwasbringinginmoneytheyneededsobadly,sheandthefamilyandTara,andFranktoo.

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