I let him remain there, and, thickly, between hiccoughs, he told his tale.
"The laundry had gone from bad to worse.

A new railway had come to the town, altering its whole topography.

The business and residential portion had gradually shifted northward.

The spot where the bar--the particular one which I had rejected for the laundry--had formerly stood was now the commercial centre of the city.

The man who had purchased it in place of Josiah had sold out and made a fortune.