They would not let me give it to you if they knew , so I have thought of this way of getting it to you . I have sewed five twenty-dollar bills under the lining of this skirt , and they are all yours , with your Aunt Caroline 's best love . You were always a good girl , Carry , and you 've worked hard , and I 've given Edward enough . Just take this money and use it as you like . `` Aunt Caroline Greenley . '' `` Carry Lea , are we both dreaming ? '' gasped Patty . With crimson cheeks Carry ripped the other breadths apart , and there were the other four bills . Then she slipped down in a little heap on the sofa cushions and began to cry -- happy tears of relief and gladness . `` We can pay the interest , '' said Patty , dancing around the room , `` and get yourself a nice new dress for the wedding . '' `` Indeed I wo n't , '' said Carry , sitting up and laughing through her tears . `` I 'll make over this dress and wear it out of gratitude to the memory of dear Aunt Caroline . '' Aunt Susanna 's Thanksgiving Dinner . BY L.M. MONTGOMERY `` Here 's Aunt Susanna , girls , '' said Laura who was sitting by the north window -- nothing but north light does for Laura who is the artist of our talented family . Each of us has a little pet new-fledged talent which we are faithfully cultivating in the hope that it will amount to something and soar highly some day . But it is difficult to cultivate four talents on our tiny income . If Laura was n't such a good manager we never could do it . Laura 's words were a signal for Kate to hang up her violin and for me to push my pen and portfolio out of sight . Laura had hidden her brushes and water colors as she spoke . Only Margaret continued to bend serenely over her Latin grammar .
Aunt Susanna frowns on musical and literary and artistic ambitions but she accords a faint approval to Margaret 's desire XXXXX an education .
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