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But remember , Mr. Schmitt comes first . '' Mr. Ellsworth blew into Mrs. O'Connor 's with the same breezy pleasantry that he had shown Mr. Schmitt , to the great edification and delight of Sadie McCarren . He created quite a sensation in Barrell Alley and Mrs. O'Connor , good woman that she was , fell in with his plan enthusiastically . The next morning Tom was up at six , wrestling with the O'Connor clothes-line , and by half past seven he had mastered the reef-knot and the weaver 's knot , which latter he used to fasten two loose ends of the broken line for permanent use , and he wondered whether this by-product of his early morning practice might pass as a `` good turn . '' Before he went to school , Mrs. Beaman , a neighbor , came in and said that after long consultation with her husband she had decided to offer three dollars for the Slade possessions , and in the absence of Bill Slade , the estate was settled up in Tom 's interest on that basis . So he went forth feeling he and John Temple were alike in at least one thing-they were both capitalists . Mr. Ellsworth was somewhat of a stickler for form and organization , and it was a pleasant scene which took place the following Sunday afternoon under the big elm up at Camp Solitaire .