I HATE to part with my money , even for a good reason . And I NEVER part with any of it , unless I am to receive some benefit from the expenditure . Now , what earthly good could I get from your three by six school library ? None whatever . But I shall make you a fair offer . I have heard from my housekeeper 's urchin of a son that you are a ` master hand ' to tell stories . Tell me one , here and now . I shall pay you in proportion to the entertainment you afford me . Come now , and do your prettiest . '' There was a fine mockery in his tone that put the Story Girl on her mettle instantly . She sprang to her feet , an amazing change coming over her . Her eyes flashed and burned ; crimson spots glowed in her cheeks . `` I shall tell you the story of the Sherman girls , and how Betty Sherman won a husband , '' she said . We gasped . Was the Story Girl crazy ? Or had she forgotten that Betty Sherman was Mr. Campbell 's own great-grandmother , and that her method of winning a husband was not exactly in accordance with maidenly traditions . But Mr. Campbell chuckled again . `` An excellent test , '' he said . `` If you can amuse ME with that story you must be a wonder . I 've heard it so often that it has no more interest for me than the alphabet . ''
`` One cold winter day , eighty years ago , '' began the Story Girl without further parley , `` Donald Fraser was sitting XXXXX the window of his new house , playing his fiddle for company , and looking out over the white , frozen bay before his door .
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