It 's as much as we can do to get along now , and there is that two hundred to pay Mr. White . I 'm sorry for Danny and Frank , but I do n't see how we can possibly do anything for them . '' Mrs. Duncan sighed . `` I know it is n't right to ask you to add to your burden , '' she said wistfully . `` It is of you I am thinking , Mother , '' said Ernest tenderly . `` I ca n't have your burden added to . You deny yourself too much and work too hard now . What would it be if you took the care of those children upon yourself ? '' `` Do n't think of me , Ernest , '' said Mrs. Duncan eagerly . `` I would n't mind . I 'd be glad to do anything I could for them , poor little souls . Their father was your father 's best friend , and I feel as if it were our duty to do all we can for them . They 're such little fellows . Who knows how they would be treated if they were taken by strangers ? And they 'd most likely be separated , and that would be a shame . But I leave it for you to decide , Ernest . It is your right , for the heaviest part will fall on you . '' Ernest did not decide at once . For a week he thought the matter over , weighing pros and cons carefully . To take the two Sinclair boys meant a double portion of toil and self-denial .
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