It was with a lighter heart than usual that he bent his steps homeward, for he knew that the dollar would be heartily welcome.
We will precede him, and give a brief description of his home.
There were only five rooms, and these were furnished in the plainest manner.

In the sitting room were his mother and aunt.

Mrs.Harding was a motherly-looking woman, with a pleasant face, the prevailing expression of which was a serene cheerfulness, though of late it had been harder than usual to preserve this, in the straits to which the family had been reduced.

She was setting the table for tea.
Aunt Rachel sat in a rocking-chair at the window.

She was engaged in knitting.