Besides, he was a staunch champion of the Reverend Mr.Parris in all his difficulties with the parish, and in return was invariably spoken of by the minister as one of the most promising young men in that neighborhood.
Jethro resided with his aunt, the widow Sands.

She inherited from her husband the whole of his property.

His deed for the land narrated that the boundary line ran "from an old dry stump, due south, to the southwest corner of his hog-pen, then east by southerly to the top of the hill near a little pond, then north by west to the highway side, and thence along the highway to the old dry stump again aforesaid." There is a tradition in the village that by an adroit removal of his hog-pen to another location, and the uprooting and transplanting of the old dry stump, at a time when nobody seemed to take a very active interest in the adjoining land, owing to its title being disputed in successive lawsuits, Jethro, who inherited at the death of his aunt, became the possessor of a large tract of land that did not originally belong to him.

But then such stories are apt to crop up after the death of every man who has acquired the reputation of being crafty and close in his dealings.
We left Jethro, after his interview with Dulcibel, walking on in order that he might avoid her further company.

After going a short distance he turned and saw that she was riding rapidly homeward.