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by eesmith 30 days ago
From the 1960 children's novel 'Mike's Mystery' from the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner, at https://archive.org/details/mikesmystery00warn/page/28/mode/...

> "Nothing was saved except clothing and bedding. When Mrs. Wood saw that the house could not be saved, she put some sheets on the floor, threw all the clothes from bureau drawers and closets on the sheets, tied them up, and threw the out the window."

> "Well, wasn't that smart?" said Jessie. "That costs the most of anything, doesn't it, Aunt Jane? The family clothes and bedding?"