? ? ? ? "Then, sir, we will bid you good-day. Grace, let us go."
? ? ? ? "Have you carried Frank Fowler to the poorhouse?" asked Tom Pinkerton, eagerly, on his father's return.
? ? ? ? "No, said the deacon, "he is going to make a visit at Mr. Pomeroy's first."
? ? ? ? "I shouldn't think you would have let him make a visit," said Tom, discontentedly. "I should think you would have taken him to the poorhouse right off."
? ? ? ? "I feel it my duty to save the town unnecessary expense," said Deacon Pinkerton.
? ? ? ? So Tom was compelled to rest satisfied with his father's assurance that the removal was only deferred.
? ? ? ? Meanwhile Frank and Grace received a cordial welcome at the house of Mr. Pomeroy. Sam and Frank were intimate friends, and our hero had been in the habit of calling frequently, and it seemed homelike.
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