He got the children an organ, when they were hungry; and himself a plug hat.

Mandy and the children cried because he forgot candy and oranges until the last cent was gone.

Father said the only time Isaac ever worked since he knew him was when he saw how the hat looked with his rags.

He actually helped the men fell the trees until he got enough to buy a suit, the remains of which he still wore on Sunday.

I asked father why he didn't wear the hat too, and father said the loss of that hat was a blow, from which Isaac never had recovered.
Once at camp-meeting he laid it aside to pray his longest, most impressive prayer, and an affectionate cow strayed up and licked the nap all off before Isaac finished, so he never could wear it again.
Sally said: "I'll be switched if I'll have that disgusting creature around stuffing himself on my wedding day; but if you're not in bed, when it's all over, mother, I do wish you'd send Mandy and the children a basket." Mother promised, and father sat and looked on and pulled his lower lip until his ears almost wiggled.