I have no
_home_ but what we hire from year to year. I have _no
property_ but movables, and not a cent to spare when the year comes
round. I have _three children_, two boys and one girl: the oldest
fourteen, the youngest nine. Now I want to educate them. How shall I do
it in the country? There is no chance but ordinary schools. To move
into the village I could not bring the year round, and the danger they
would be exposed to without a father to restrain their wanderings,
would be an undertaking more than I dare attempt.
Now if you should presume to let me come, where can I live? Can our
industry and economy clothe us for the year? Can I keep a cow? How can
I be supplied with fire in that _dear place?_ How can I _pay my
school bills?_ How can I find all the necessary requisites for my
children to advance in learning? If I should wish to leave in two or
three or five years, could I and mine, if I paid my way whilst there?
If you should let me come, and I _think best to go, how shall I get
there?_ What would be my _best and cheapest route?_
How should I proceed with what I have here, sell all off or bring a
part? I have three beds and bedding, one cow and ordinary things enough
to keep house.
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