The taxes are high for women who can't manage to clear and work the land.

There ought to be enough to keep two of them in good shape all their lives, if they only knew how to do it.

But no one ever told Kate Comstock anything, and never will, for she won't listen.

All she does is droop all day, and walk the edge of the swamp half the night, and neglect Elnora.

If you girls would make life just a little easier for her it would be the finest thing you ever did." All of them promised they would.
"Now tell me about your hair," persisted Margaret Sinton.
So they took her to a toilet counter, and she bought the proper hair soap, also a nail file, and cold cream, for use after windy days.