CALVIN: A STUDY OF CHARACTER. 187 



that, in his scheme, plumbers were fore- 

 ordained to do him mischief. 



In speaking of his worth, it has never 

 occurred to me to estimate Calvin by the 

 worldly standard. I know that it is cus- 

 tomary now, when any one dies, to ask how 

 much he was worth, and that no obituary in 

 the newspapers is considered complete with- 

 out such an estimate. The plumbers in our 

 house were one day overheard to say that 

 " they say that she says that he says that he 

 would n't take a hundred dollars for him." 

 It is unnecessary to say that I never made 

 such a remark, and that, so far as Calvin 

 was concerned, there was no purchase in 

 money. 



As I look back upon it, Calvin's life 

 seems to me a fortunate one, for it was nat- 

 ural and unforced. He ate when he was 

 hungry, slept when he was sleepy, and en- 

 joyed existence to the very tips of his toes 

 and the end of his expressive and slow-mov- 

 ing tail. He delighted to roam about the 

 garden and stroll among the trees, and to lie 



