Those previous exhibitions of temper were tame as compared with this one; the girl spat scorn and bitterness and hatred; she became a volcano in active eruption.
In a panic Mrs.Ring sought out Gus Briskow and again resigned.

By this time, however, the novelty of her resignation had largely worn off, for seldom did more than two weeks elapse without a hysterical threat to quit.

But this one required more than the usual amount of persuasion, and it was not without long and patient pleading, coupled with the periodical raise, that the father induced her to change her mind.

Gus told himself somberly that the price of Allegheny's education was mounting so rapidly that it might be the part of economy to take Mrs.
Ring in as a full partner in the Briskow oil wells.

He decided, after some consideration, to wire Calvin Gray and offer to pay his traveling expenses if he would come to Burlington Notch for a few days..