Who bought the concern? Absalom Hart—nobody else. Some of the people were astonished.
"Well, who would have thought it?"
"Hurrah for Absalom!"
"By George, that was quick work!" were the remarks of the outsiders, when the fact of the sale and purchase became known. The landlord felt quite humbled, he was out of house and home, but he had a friend, surely.
"Mr. Hart, things work queer in this world, sometimes."
"Think so?" quietly responded the new landlord.
"I do, indeed; yesterday I was up, and to-day I am down."
"Very true, sir."
"Yesterday you were down, to-day you are up."
"Very true; time works wonders, Mr. Smith."