But I had hardly safety pipes enough, as my love was so hot as mighty nigh to burst my boilers.

But I didn't press my claims any more, seeing there was no chance to do anything." David's grief was very sincere, and continued as long as is usually the case with disappointed lovers.
David soon began to cherish some slight idea of the deficiency in his education.

He had never been to school but four days; and in that time he had learned absolutely nothing.

A young man, a Quaker, had opened a school about a mile and a half from Mr.Kennedy's.

David made an arrangement with his employer by which he was to go to school four days in the week, and work the other two days for his board.