I say 'them' because the Verjooses, an' the Rogerses, an' the Swaynes, an' a lot of 'em, is all more or less related to each other, but Alf's reely the one at the bottom on't, an' after The 'd lost most of his money it was the easiest way to kind o' keep him on his legs." "He seems a good-natured, easy-going sort of person," said John by way of comment, and, truth to say, not very much interested.
"Oh, yes," said David rather contemptuously, "you could drive him with a tow string.

He don't _know_ enough to run away.

But what I was gettin' at was this: He an' his wife--he married one of the Tenakers--has lived right here fer the Lord knows how long; born an' brought up here both on 'em, an' somehow we're 'village people' an' they ain't, that's all." "Rather a fine distinction," remarked his hearer, smiling.
"Yes, sir," said David.

"Now, there's old maid Allis, relative of the Rogerses, lives all alone down on Clark Street in an old house that hain't had a coat o' paint or a new shingle sence the three Thayers was hung, an' she talks about the folks next door, both sides, that she's knowed alwus, as 'village people,' and I don't believe," asserted the speaker, "she was ever away f'm Homeville two weeks in the hull course of her life.

She's a putty decent sort of a woman too," Mr.Harum admitted.