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`` He spells it A-d-d-i-s-o-n , '' said I . There was a sudden pause round the table . `` Yes , '' I continued , laughing , for I thought the best thing for Ad was to have the old Squire know the facts at once . `` He paid $ 100 of it down , and he has to get round with nineteen hundred and fifty more by to-morrow noon . '' Food was quite forgotten by this time . The old Squire , grandmother , and the girls were looking at Addison in much concern . `` Have n't you been rather rash ? ''