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he therefore bore up against them, and went off in a
four-wheeled cab to his new home, in company with the
female members of his family. They arrived there
without accident, and in due time their luggage fol-
lowed, and amongst other things the old piece of
furniture was safely brought, and duly deposited in
its destined place.

’ The room in which it was placed was in great
contrast to that from which it had been brought,
being of a bright, new appearance, with a smart
carpet, fine curtains, furniture just bought, and alto-
gether fitted up as a study fit for so eminent a per-
sonage as a member of Parliament. There was no
niche into which the old piece of furniture exactly
fitted, but as Simon naturally wished to have it near
him, it was placed in a corner of the room where it
certainly contrasted somewhat strangely with all the
new furniture, but still, from its own natural respect-
ability of appearance, was by no means so much out
of place as a less substantially built article might
have been. Out of place or not, however, there it was
deposited, and after a while the rest of good Simon’s
things were duly arranged and he found himself es-
tablished in his new home.

As evening drew on, the ex-milkman’s depres-
sion of spirits returned, and he avowed to Dolly that
he didn’t like ‘these here changes’ and had never felt
in worse spirits than he did that day. Dolly, poor
girl, was not particularly happy herself, for the break-
ing up of a home, however humble, is not a pleasant
business when it comes to the point, and there were
many old associations which could not be parted with