? ? ? ? "My mother told me all about it, sir."
? ? ? ? "Ahem! You are in a sad condition. But you will be taken care of. You ought to be thankful that there is a home provided for those who have no means."
? ? ? ? "What home do you refer to, Deacon Pinkerton?" asked Frank, looking steadily in the face of his visitor.
? ? ? ? "I mean the poorhouse, which the town generously provides for those who cannot support themselves."
? ? ? ? This was the first intimation Grace had received of the possibility that they would be sent to such a home, and it frightened her.
? ? ? ? "Oh, Frank!" she exclaimed, "must we go to the poorhouse?"
? ? ? ? "No, Grace; don't be frightened," said Frank, soothingly. "We will not go."
? ? ? ? "Frank Fowler," said the deacon, sternly, "cease to mislead your sister."
? ? ? ? "I am not misleading her, sir."
? ? ? ? "Did you not tell her that she would not be obliged to go to the poorhouse?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir.
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