Poor people like us, who work with their hands, stick to their lands, and pay their debts, have their castles in peace and contentment." "Tar pees shust so much wisdom in vat you shays, mine friend Critchel.
In dis world tar pees nothin' sartin.

Dis Chapman, he puts his money in his pocket, and ven he gets his money in his pocket he gets rich and prout.

Zen he goes to t' city so pig and prout as he can pe.

Now he comes pack from t' city, mit his pig vrow, and tar pees nobody as makes one pow to his pig vrow.

Above tar pees one shust Got, Critchel." The misfortunes of the Chapman family, my reader must know, had been furnishing Nyack something to talk about for several months.