about ten a.m.
He said the mair kinder needed shuein ' , and sez he , `` We might bring Tommy home with us , for there wuz n't any school Saturday , and he could stay over Sunday with us . '' It duz seem now as if we ca n't help settin ' a little more store by Tommy than we do by the other grandchildren . But it better not be told I said it , it would make feelin 's amongst the rest . Well , we made lovely calls on the children , and got Tommy , who wuz more than willin ' to come , and returned home about ten a.m. , Tommy settin ' between us and drivin ' the mair , Thomas J. and Maggie sayin ' they would drive over Sunday night after him and take tea with us . We stopped at the post-office , and Tommy run in and got three letters for me , two on 'em which I opened and read when I first got home , whilst Josiah and Tommy drove over to Deacon Henzy 's on a errent . As I say I read two on 'em , but of the third one more anon . One of my letters wuz from Cousin John Richard , who had gone back to Victor workin ' for his Lord in his own appointed way , teachin ' the young , comfortin ' the aged , and exhortin ' the strong , helpin ' to bear the burdens of the weak , and doin ' it all in the name of Him who is invisible , waitin ' patient till the summons should be sent him to go home to his own land , for the Bible sez that `` them that do such things show plainly that they seek a country . ''