CHAPTER XIII. 
GREAT MORAL LESSONS FROM INSECTS. 
HEN again convened in the familiar 
^ ^ library-room at the parsonage, Doctor 
Dean said, addressing his young friends: 
“ It will no doubt be of interest to you to 
learn that the cottage has been secured for 
the Farleys. As I had supposed, the owner 
readily accepted twelve hundred dollars if pur¬ 
chased for the widow, and I found no difficulty 
in raising the other two hundred necessary to 
make up the amount. The papers will soon be 
drawn, and in the mean time several of our me¬ 
chanics have agreed to make some necessary 
repairs, while the kind ladies of the neighbor¬ 
hood are meeting with good success in an effort 
to give the house a plain furnishing before the 
family is moved into it. You have the satisfac¬ 
tion of knowing that your kindness to the poor 
has awakened a general feeling of liberality in 
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