But Captain Hull declared himself perfectly satisfied with the shilling.

And well he might be; for so diligently did he labor, that, in a few years, his pockets, his money bags, and his strong box, were overflowing with pine-tree shillings.

This was probably the case when he came into possession of Grandfather's chair; and, as he had worked so hard at the mint, it was certainly proper that he should have a comfortable chair to rest himself in.
When the mint-master had grown very rich, a young man, Samuel Sewell by name, came a courting to his only daughter.

His daughter,--whose name I do not know, but we will call her Betsey,--was a fine hearty damsel, by no means so slender as some young ladies of our own days.

On the contrary, having always fed heartily on pumpkin pies, doughnuts, Indian puddings, and other Puritan dainties, she was as round and plump as a pudding herself.