? ? ? ? "I honor your independence, Frank. It shall be as you say. When you are able-mind, not till then --you may pay me at the rate of two dollars a week for Grace's board."
? ? ? ? "Then," said Frank, "if you are willing to board Grace for a while, I think I had better go to the city at once."
? ? ? ? "I will look over your clothes to-morrow, Frank," said Mrs. Pomeroy, "and see if they need mending."
? ? ? ? "Then I will start Thursday morning--the day after."
? ? ? ? About four o'clock the next afternoon he was walking up the main street, when just in front of Deacon Pinkerton's house he saw Tom leaning against a tree.
? ? ? ? "How are you Tom?" he said, and was about to pass on.
? ? ? ? "Where are you going?" Tom asked abruptly.
? ? ? ? "To Mr. Pomeroy's."
? ? ? ? "How soon are you going to the poorhouse to live?"
? ? ? ? "Who told you I was going?"
? ? ? ? "My father.
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