"Never in the history of trunks was the act of unpacking done so quickly or so recklessly" 81 Bobberts was the baby, and ever since Bobberts was born--and that was nine months next Wednesday, and just look what a big, fat boy he is now!--his parents had been putting all their pennies into a little pottery pig, so that when Bobberts reached the proper age he could go to college. The money in the little pig bank was officially known as "Bobberts' Education Fund," and next to Bobberts himself was the thing in the house most talked about. It was "Tom, dear, have you put your pennies in the bank this evening?" or "I say, Laura, how about Bobberts' pennies to-day. Are you holding out on him?" And…
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