"Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?" answered the
boy of fifteen, whom she addressed. 

"Nothing new, only the same old trouble.  Here is a note from Mr.
Tudor, the storekeeper." 

"Let me see it, mother." 

Grant took a yellow envelope from his mother's hand, and drew out
the inclosure, a half sheet of coarse letter paper, which contained
the following lines: 

"July 7, 1857. 

REV.  JOHN THORNTON: 

DEAR SIR: Inclosed you will find a bill for groceries and other
goods furnished to you in the last six months, amounting to
sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents ($67.34).  It ought to have