Also, if I
remember correctly, your father has frequently described Winton to me
as a place of great natural charms, and peculiarly adapted to those
suffering from so-called nervous disorders.
Altogether, I do not feel inclined to comply with your request to make
it possible for your sister to leave home, in search of change and
recreation. Instead, beginning with this letter, I will forward you
each month during the summer, the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be
used in procuring for your sisters and yourself--I understand, there is
a third child--such simple and healthful diversions as your parents may
approve, the only conditions I make, being, that at no time shall any
of your pleasure trips take you further than ten miles from home, and
that you keep me informed, from time to time, how this plan of mine is
succeeding.
Trusting this may prove satisfactory,
Very respectfully,
PAUL A. SHAW.
"What do you think, mother?" Pauline asked, as Mrs. Shaw finished
reading. "Isn't it a very--queer sort of letter?"
"It is an extremely characteristic one, dear."
"I think," Patience could contain herself no longer, "that you are the
inconsideratest persons! You know I'm perfectly wild to know what's in
that letter!"
"Run away now, Patience," her mother said.
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