It took all our allowances for several
weeks to make up the needed amount, but finally the lost cash was found,
and Mr. Hosmer thanked us, again very significantly, for aiding him in
squaring up a somewhat grievous account. The miserly boy was of course
to be commended for thrift, but he was not of our kind and did not
remain long in our company. He took care of his pence and his pounds
took care of themselves, no doubt in later life, but that is only
surmise as he was one of the few that we others did not try to keep
track of after Brook Farm became a thing of the past.
CHAPTER VIII
ODDMENTS
John Cheever was our eccentric character; not a crank, not an egotist,
not an enthusiast and not a Socialist, but just a plain, good-natured,
shrewd-witted Irishman, who, for some reason, liked to live at the Farm.
He never joined the Association or the Phalanx but just stayed on as a
permanent boarder. He was the newsman and general gossip of the place,
going about from house to house and from group to group, working a
little here and a little there, as he pleased, and always having
something interesting or amusing to tell, his brogue giving a comic
twist to his ever ready jest.
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