As to the folly of those who had originally purchased it, the town was likewise a unit.
If Clem was made aware of this public sentiment, he still did not waver in his loyalty to the old pieces.

Day after day he unpacked and dusted and polished them with loving devotion.

They spoke to him of other days, and when he was quite sure that the last freight bill had been paid, he seemed really to enjoy them.

The unexpected drain had reduced his savings to a pittance, but were not the pullets which he could raise absolutely without number?
It was true that Miss Caroline would have to come alone now, leaving Little Miss still to teach in the school at Baltimore until a day of renewed surplus.

This much Clem confided to me in sorrow.