"Do you like it, aunt?" asked Mildred, approaching Mrs. Dinsmore, as she was in the act of clasping the bracelet on her arm.
"Yes, it's very handsome; but I think there might as well have been a pair of them."
"Ah!" returned Mildred with a smile, directed toward Mr. Dinsmore; "little Elsie would have been glad to make it so, but uncle held the purse-strings, and was inexorably determined that it should be but one."
"Just like him!" said the wife, snappishly.
"My dear, I felt extremely mean in allowing so much as I did to be spent upon my family," he said, with a gravity that was almost stern.
"I don't see why you need," she replied, with irritation, "sacrificing the comfort of your family, as you are, by taking her in."
"I must confess," he returned, "that I see no sacrifice about it. The child will not be the slightest expense to us. But rather the reverse; nor will her presence in the house add in the very least to your cares... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic ✝️❣️?️ acresoft.com cointr.ee/acresoft