[NOTHING BEATS TRYING BUT DOING.]
[TOO CLOSE FISTED.]
[CHAPTER I.]
LOOKS AND WAYS.
"MR. BURTON and Mr. James are not a bit like brothers. They are as different as dark and light. Folks do say that you never find two alike in a family, however many there may be."
Mr. Duff, the baker, was very fond of talking about his neighbours, and he liked his listeners to say they agreed with him. He had a great opinion of himself, and could hardly understand that his customer, kind-hearted Mrs. Brown, could possibly have any decided ideas of her own which differed from those he thought fit to express.
If she had! Well, Mr. Duff would have said she was to be pitied; for, like most individuals who are constantly sitting in judgment on their neighbours, he felt quite certain that he was right, and whoever thought otherwise was in the wrong.
Mrs. Brown's reply was irritating. "I always think Mr. Burton and Mr. James favour one another in looks."