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deadline, he claimed it had arrived


       late, and for that reason I hadn’t

       received the teaching fellowship they


       had promised.  He said I could teach

       three classes instead of the normal


       one to increase my salary, but that

       would still only bring my pay up to


       half of what the others received on

       their fellowships only teaching one


       class.

               I was able to do some


       maintenance and ground work at our


       apartment to pay part of the rent, but

       we were still struggling to make ends


       meet.  I continually searched for extra

       work on the job board at the


       university, but what work I could find

       only lasted a weekend or two.  But


       then came the day I saw Brenda’s ad.

               Wanted: An experienced






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