Mrs.Preston was disappointed, and Godfrey still more so, to find their malice had done the widow Burke no harm.
By advice of the doctor, Andy deferred paying the thirty dollars claimed as rent, availing himself of the twelve months allowed for the payment of debts due the estate of one deceased.
"If it was anybody else, I'd pay at once," said Andy; "but Mrs.
Preston has treated us so meanly that I don't mean to hurry." The delay made Mrs.Preston angry, but she was advised that it was quite legal..