When the sheet was opened again these were repeated all over the sheet, and made it appear like a piece of handsome lace.
He did not get along very well with his employer, who was a snug and avaricious person.

He would go to Boston once a week to make his purchases, leaving Derby in charge of the store.

Derby would lie down at full length on the counter, get a novel, and was then very unwilling to be disturbed to wait on customers.

If a little girl came in with a tin kettle to get some molasses, he would say the molasses was all out, and they would have some more next week.

So the employer found that some of his customers were a good deal annoyed.
Another rather famous writer who lived in Concord in my time was Mr.A.Bronson Alcott.