Of late years, Grand'ther's occupation had declined.

No new customers came.

A few, who did not change the fashion of their garb, still patronized him.

His income was barely three hundred dollars a year--eked out to this amount by some small pay for offices connected with the church, of which he was a prominent member.

From this income he paid his pulpit tithe, gave to the poor, and lived independent and respectable.