I sent it to auction." "Ah! Why so ?" "I discovered, this spring, that the moth had got into it." "Indeed!" "Yes.

They showed themselves, every day, in such numbers, in my parlors, that I became alarmed for my carpets.

I soon traced their origin to the sofa, which was immediately packed off to auction.

I was sorry to part with it; but, there was no other effective remedy." "You lost on the sale, I presume," I ventured to remark.
"Yes; that was to be expected.

It cost sixty dollars, and brought only thirty.