CONCLUSION
The restitution which Squire Haynes was compelled to make
stripped him of more than half his property. His mortification
and chagrin was so great that he determined to remove from
Rossville. He gave no intimation where he was going, but it is
understood that he is now living in the vicinity of Philadelphia,
in a much more modest way than at Rossville.
To anticipate matters a little, it may be said that John was
recently examined for college, but failed so signally that he
will not again make the attempt. He has shown a disposition to be
extravagant, which, unless curbed, will help him run through his
father's diminished property at a rapid rate whenever it shall
come into his possession.
The squire's handsome house in Rossville was purchased by Henry
Morton--I must still be allowed to call him thus, though not his
real name. He has not yet taken up his residence there, but there
is reason to believe that ere long there will be a Mrs. Morton to
keep him company therein.
Not long since, as he and Frank lay stretched out beneath a
thick-branching oak in the front yard at the farm, Mr. Morton
turned to our hero and said, "Are you meaning to go to college
when your father comes home, Frank?"
Frank hesitated.
"I have always looked forward to it," he said, "but lately I have
been thinking that I shall have to give up the idea."
"Why so?"
"Because it is so expensive that my father cannot, in justice to
his other children, support me through a four years' course.
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