These are becoming fewer, however, from day to day.

The poorest are hanging a good deal upon those a little less poor than themselves; and every link in the lengthening chain of neediness is helping to pull down the one immediately above it.

There is, also, a considerable amount of cottage property in Preston, belonging to building societies, which have enough to do to hold their own just now.

And then there is always some cottage property in the hands of agents.
Leaving Heatley Street, we went to a place called "Seed's Yard." Here we called upon a clean old stately widow, with a calm, sad face.

She had been long known, and highly respected, in a good street, not far off, where she had lived for twenty-four years, in fair circumstances, until lately.