Gilbert sometimes visits the old boarding-house. Mr. Ingalls is prospering. Alphonso Jones now boasts of his intimacy with Gilbert. It is rumored that he has offered himself to Mrs. Kinney, a young widow, already mentioned, and been rejected. His heart is not broken, however; and he is now a suitor for the hand of Miss Brintnall, the strong-minded school-teacher. She is “high-toned” in one sense, at least, as he will probably find after marriage.
The next volume of this series will be
Work and Hope;
or,
Ben Bradford’s Motto.
Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.