The white lady for whom Mrs.Piedmont washed each week had given her two much-torn pairs of trousers, discarded by her young son.

One pair was of linen and the other of navy blue.

A leg from each pair was missing; so Mrs.Piedmont simply transferred the good leg of the linen pair to the suit of the navy blue, and dressed the happy Belton in that suit thus amended.

His coat was literally a conglomeration of patches of varying sizes and colors.

If you attempted to describe the coat by calling it by the name of the color that you thought predominated, at least a half dozen aspirants could present equal claims to the honor.