At the top were our photos , half life-size , and underneath our names and addresses printed out in full . Below was the letter I had written to the Alloway Anodyne Liniment folks . It was a florid testimonial to the virtues of their liniment . I said that it had cured Murray 's sprain after all other remedies had failed and that , when I had been left a partial wreck from a very bad attack of rheumatic fever , the only thing that restored my joints and muscles to working order was Alloway 's Anodyne Liniment , and so on . It was all true enough , although I dare say old Aunt Sarah-from-the-Hollow 's rubbing had as much to do with the cures as the liniment . But that is neither here nor there . `` What does this mean , Prudence ? '' said Uncle Abimelech again . He was quivering with wrath , but I was as cool as a cucumber , and Murray stood like a graven image . `` Why , that , Uncle Abimelech , '' I said calmly , `` well , it just means one of my ways of making money . That liniment company pays for those testimonials and photos , you know . They gave me fifty dollars for the privilege of publishing them . Fifty dollars will pay for books and tuition for Murray and me at Kentville Academy next winter , and Mrs. Tredgold is kind enough to say she will board me for what help I can give her around the house , and wait for Murray 's until he can earn it by teaching . '' I rattled all this off glibly before Uncle Abimelech could get in a word . `` It 's disgraceful ! '' he stormed . `` Disgraceful ! Think of Sir Roger de Melville -- and a patent medicine advertisement ! Murray Melville , what were you about , sir , to let your sister disgrace herself and her family name by such an outrageous transaction ? '' I quaked a bit .
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Academy Alloway Melville Murray Sarah-from-the-Hollow Tredgold attack dollars left sprain