Fifty dollars will pay for books and tuition for Murray and me at Kentville Academy next winter , and Mrs. Tredgold is kind enough to say she will board me for what help I can give her around the house , and wait for Murray 's until he can earn it by teaching . '' I rattled all this off glibly before Uncle Abimelech could get in a word . `` It 's disgraceful ! '' he stormed . `` Disgraceful ! Think of Sir Roger de Melville -- and a patent medicine advertisement ! Murray Melville , what were you about , sir , to let your sister disgrace herself and her family name by such an outrageous transaction ? '' I quaked a bit . If Murray should fail me ! But Murray was true-blue . `` I gave Prue a free hand , sir . It 's an honest business transaction enough -- and the family name alone wo n't send us to college , you know , sir . '' Uncle Abimelech glared at us . `` This must be put an end to , '' he said . `` This advertisement must not appear again . I wo n't have it ! '' `` But I 've signed a contract that it is to run for six months , '' I said sturdily . `` And I 've others in view . You remember the Herb Cure you recommended one spring and that it did me so much good ! I 'm negotiating with the makers of that and -- '' `` The girl 's mad ! ''
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