A Cool Million

The home of Mrs. Sarah Pitkin, a widow well on in years, was situated on
an eminence overlooking the Rat River, near the town of Ottsville in the
state of Vermont. It was a humble dwelling much the worse for wear, yet
exceedingly dear to her and her only child, Lemuel.

While the house had not been painted for some time, owing to the
straitened circumstances of the little family, it still had a great deal
of charm. An antique collector, had one chanced to pass it by, would have
been greatly interes...