Opening a store was felt to be out of the question; and as to commencing a school, the thought was repulsed at the very first suggestion.
A few friends were consulted on the subject, and all agreed that the best thing for the widow to do was to take boarders.

Each one could point to some lady who had commenced the business with far less ability to make boarders comfortable, and who had yet got along very well.

It was conceded on all hands that it was a very genteel business, and that some of the first ladies had been compelled to resort to it, without being any the less respected.

Almost every one to whom the matter was referred spoke in favour of the thing, and but a single individual suggested difficulty; but what he said was not permitted to have much weight.

This individual was a brother of the widow, who had always been looked upon as rather eccentric.