"We must not expect too much of fellows brought up away out here, as he has been." Ford gravely assented, and they went back to report their success to Mrs.Foster and Annie.
There was a great surprise in store, consequently, for the people of the village.

Early in the following week it was rumored from house to house,-- "The Kinzers are all a-movin' over to Ham Morris's." And then, before the public mind had become sufficiently settled to inquire into the matter, the rumor changed itself into a piece of positive news:-- "The widder Kinzer's moved over into Ham's house, bag and baggage." So it was; although the carpenters and painters and glaziers were still at work, and the piles of Kinzer furniture had to be stored around as best could be.

Some part of them had even to be locked up over night in one of the barns.
The Kinzers, for generations, had been a trifle weak about furniture; and that was one of the reasons why there had been so little room for human beings in their house.

The little parlor, indeed, had been filled until it put one in mind of a small furniture-store, with not room enough to show the stock on hand; and some of the other parts of the house required knowledge and care to walk about in them.

It was bad for a small house, truly, but not so much so when the same articles were given a fair chance to spread themselves.
It was a treat to Dab to watch while the new carpets were put down, and see how much more at home and comfortable all that furniture looked, after it was moved into its new quarters.