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? ? ? ? "Won't she have to go to the poorhouse now, father?" he asked eagerly.
? ? ? ? "Yes," said Deacon Pinkerton. "There is no other place for her that I can see."
? ? ? ? "Ah, I'm glad," said Tom, maliciously. "Won't that upstart's pride be taken down? He was too proud to go to the poorhouse, where he belonged, but he can't help his sister's going there. If he isn't a pauper himself, he'll be the brother of a pauper, and that's the next thing to it."
? ? ? ? "That is true," said the deacon. "He was very impudent in return for my kindness. Still, I am sorry for him."
? ? ? ? I am afraid the deacon's sorrow was not very deep, for he certainly looked unusually cheerful when he harnessed up his horse and drove around to the temporary home of the Pomeroys.
? ? ? ? "Good-morning, Mr. Pomeroy," he said, seeing the latter in the yard. "You've met with a severe loss."
? ? ? ? "Yes, deacon; it is a severe loss to a poor man like me."
? ? ? ? "To be sure.
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