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Howard. “ A suitable church can be built for
eight or ten thousand dollars.”

No farther questions were asked. The next
day Tom joined the party from the Rectory, and
they went over to Bessie’s Island, and enjoyed
there a cold collation.

Howard was surprised to find in the place
of the wooden house, a small, well-built edifice
of brick, with a tall chimney. It was Thomas
Mixon’s laboratory, where he often retired to
study chemistry, and try experiments.

The day passed delightfully.

The next day Howard Framingham pur-
chased Rose Lawn for six thousand dollars.
The house had fallen into a bad condition, as
it had been uninhabited since the Cramers
Jeft the place. Upon the grounds, Howard
selected a site for the church he intended to
build.

In one year from that time, the church was
completed—a beautiful Gothic edifice, and
presented by Mr. Framingham to the parish
of Cramerville. The house at Rose Lawn was
repaired and beautified, and the grounds put
once more in perfect order.