? ? ? ? "I will constrain him," said the deacon.
? ? ? ? "I would if I were you, father," said Tom, elated at the effect of his words. "Just teach him a lesson."
? ? ? ? "Really, deacon, you mustn't be too hard upon the poor boy," said his better-hearted wife. "He's got trouble enough on him."
? ? ? ? "I will only constrain him for his good, Jane. In the poorhouse he will be well provided for."
? ? ? ? Meanwhile another conversation respecting our hero and his fortunes was held at Sam Pomeroy's home. It was not as handsome as the deacon's, for Mr. Pomeroy was a poor man, but it was a happy one, nevertheless, and Mr. Pomeroy, limited as were his means, was far more liberal than the deacon.
? ? ? ? "I pity Frank Fowler," said Sam, who was warm- hearted and sympathetic, and a strong friend of Frank. "I don't know what he will do."
? ? ? ? "I suppose his mother left nothing."
? ? ? ? "I understood," said Mr. Pomeroy, "that Deacon Pinkerton holds a mortgage on her furniture.
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