He named the salary the club would pay and the very sound of it made me feel rich . You may be sure I did n't take long to decide . That was a year ago , and today the Doughnut Club , as they call themselves , is a huge success , and the fame of it has gone abroad in the land , although they are pretty exclusive and keep all their good things close enough to themselves . Joseph P. took a Scotch peer there to dinner one day last week . Jimmy Nelson told me afterward that the man said it was the only satisfying meal he 'd had since he left the old country . As for me , I have my little house , my very own and no rented one , and all my dear boys , and I 'm a happy old busybody . You see , Providence did answer my prayers in spite of my lack of faith ; but of course He used means , and that Thanksgiving dinner of mine was the earthly instrument of it all . The Girl Who Drove the Cows `` I wonder who that pleasant-looking girl who drives cows down the beech lane every morning and evening is , '' said Pauline Palmer , at the tea table of the country farmhouse where she and her aunt were spending the summer . Mrs. Wallace had wanted to go to some fashionable watering place , but her husband had bluntly told her he could n't afford it . Stay in the city when all her set were out she would not , and the aforesaid farmhouse had been the compromise . `` I should n't suppose it could make any difference to you who she is , '' said Mrs. Wallace impatiently . `` I do wish , Pauline , that you were more careful in your choice of associates . You hobnob with everyone , even that old man who comes around buying eggs . It is very bad form . '' Pauline hid a rather undutiful smile behind her napkin . Aunt Olivia 's snobbish opinions always amused her . `` You 've no idea what an interesting old man he is , '' she said . `` He can talk more entertainingly than any other man I know . What is the use of being so exclusive , Aunt Olivia ? You miss so much fun .
You would n't be so horribly bored as you are if you fraternized a little XXXXX the ` natives , ' as you call them . ''
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