We 'll scare you up a shakedown to sleep on and you 're welcome as welcome . I have n't forgot the time you caught Mary Ellen just as she was tumbling into the well . '' `` Thank you , I 'll stay to tea , '' said Lovell , sitting down again , `` but I guess I 'll make my headquarters up at the station hotel as long as I stay round here . It 's kind of more central . '' `` Got on pretty well out west , hey ? '' queried Jonah . `` Pretty well for a fellow who had nothing but his two hands to depend on when he went out , '' said Lovell cautiously . `` I 've only been a labouring man , of course , but I 've saved up enough to start a little store when I go back . That 's why I came east for a trip now -- before I 'd be tied down to business . I was hankering to see Aunt Sally and Uncle Tom once more . I 'll never forget how kind and good they was to me . There I was , when Dad died , a little sinner of eleven , just heading for destruction . They give me a home and all the schooling I ever had and all the love I ever got . It was Aunt Sally 's teachings made as much a man of me as I am . I never forgot 'em and I 've tried to live up to 'em . '' After tea Lovell said he thought he 'd stroll up the road and pay Peter Townley a call . Jonah Stetson and his wife looked at each other when he had gone . `` Got something in his eye , '' nodded Jonah . `` Him and Peter were n't never much of friends . '' `` Maybe Aunt Sally 's bread is coming back to her after all , '' said his wife .
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