"Here," he says, "is your money, and a heap of it, too." It did look to me like a large sum, and took us a long time to count it.

This was more than forty years ago, and money was very scarce.
I took it with a trembling hand, and securing it safely in my pocket, started immediately for home.

This was a larger sum than I had ever had at one time, and I was much alarmed for fear that I should be robbed of my treasure before I got home.

I thought perhaps it might be known that I was to receive a large sum for clocks, and that some robbers might be watching in a lonely part of the road and take it from me, but not meeting any, I arrived safely home, feeling greatly encouraged and happy.

I told my wife that I would make another payment on our house, which I did with a great deal of satisfaction.