I had never before had the opportunity of observing the close-up of married life. My parents died when I was young. We four spinster sisters lived on in the old home. My girlhood friends who married went to live in other cities. I did not know what “till-death-do-us-part”…
At first, anxious to make people feel at home, happy in my house, I permitted the keeping of a dog or a cat, and I endured babies. My Old English Bobtail Sheep-dogs lived in kennels beyond the foot of my garden. They had play fields. The tenants…
Experience taught me to beware of people who were glib with references. I never asked a reference. I found that only villains offered them. There was a certain Mrs. Panquist. The woman had a position in a very reputable office. Her husband was employed in another. Her…
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