I've got to look after my money or I soon won't have any." When the two men went out Mrs.Smith could hear them begin to wrangle even before they quitted the yard, but she was more interested in what might happen to Miss Sally through the vindictiveness of the butcher.
She was surprised to hear that T.J.Jones had even thought of such a thing as bringing Miss Sally's name into the matter as a conspirator, and she did not know enough about Iowa laws to know whether the butcher could take any summary action or not.

The most satisfactory way to straighten things out would be to pay the butcher, but it must be done at once.

She pleaded with Miss Sally to remember someone of whom she could borrow sixty dollars, but Miss Sally confessed that she knew no one who would be apt to lend so much.

She even expressed her doubt that her father would ever release the money she had given him.

The two women sat in the darkened parlor, Miss Sally weeping softly and Mrs.Smith thinking hard.