14/38 And the grass on their front lawns is three feet high, and the moss and weeds cover and pry up the bricks of their walks. How much have they borrowed from you ?" "I don't know," said Hiram. "Not much." "I know better--and you oughtn't to have lent them a cent. Yesterday old Wilmot was hawking two of his grandfather's watches about. And all the Wilmots have got brains, just as our family has. |