Hi, Mike! Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:
AH> I reckon that if someone with more $$$ than sense put
AH> it out with the garbage or ordered a servant to get rid
AH> of it & Eliza's father took advantage of the situation
AH> others might believe he'd stolen this item.
MP> Oh, yes, that situation would make sense! For people
MP> who have more $$$ than sense, they often will get upset
MP> if someone sees value in something they didn't.
As my mother would say, "One man's trash is another's treasure."
They probably wouldn't be too happy with me if I said "You don't want
xxx? Thank you... I can use it myself or get at least $100 for it on eBay."
Apparently Doolittle knew the monetary value of their castoffs. :-))
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)
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