He said the
selectmen had to borrow money and there'd be a row at the next town
meetin'."
"Well," said Quincy, rising, "I think I will go in and get ready for
lunch. I had a very early breakfast in Boston."
"Did you have oyster stew?" asked Hiram.
"No," replied Quincy, "people who live in Boston never eat oyster stews
at a restaurant. If they did there wouldn't be enough left for those
gentlemen who come from the country."
He opened the door and Hiram grasped his arm.
"By Gosh! I forgot one thing," he cried. "You remember Tilly James, that
played the pianner at the concert?"
"Yes," said Quincy, "and she was a fine player, too."
"Well," said Hiram, "she's engaged to Sam Hill, you know, down to the
grocery store. That ain't all, old Ben James, her father, he's a
paralytic, you know, and pretty well fixed for this world's goods, and
he wants Benoni to sell out his grocery when Tilly gets married and come
over and run the farm, which is the biggest one in the town, and I heerd
Abner Stiles say to 'Manuel Howe, that he reckoned he--you know who I
mean--would get some fellers to back him up and he'd buy out the grocery
and get 'p'inted postmaster.
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