From a house for which he paid the annual rent of one hundred and fifty dollars, he now resides in one much larger and more comfortable, for which three hundred dollars are paid.
This was the aspect of affairs when the seventh child came in its helpless innocence to ask his love.
One evening, after the mother was about again, Mr.Bancroft, as soon as the children were in bed, and he was entirely alone with his wife, gave way to a rather stronger expression than usual, of the doubt, fear and anxiety with which he was too often beset.
"I really don't see how we are ever to get through with the education of all these children, Mary," he remarked with a sigh, "I'm sure it can't be done with my salary.

It takes every cent of it now, and in a little while it must cost us more than it does at present." "We've always got along very well, William," replied the wife.

"As our family has increased our means have increased, and I have no doubt will continue to increase, if the wants of our children require us to have a larger income than we enjoy at present." "I don't know--I'm not sure of that.

It was more by good fortune than any thing else that I succeeded in obtaining better employment than I had when we were married.

Suppose my salary had continued to be only four hundred dollars, what would we have done ?" "But it didn't continue at four hundred dollars, William." "It might though--think of that.