In a moment Pa came back and hurriedly put on his overcoat and his mittens while he said, "We've got a neighbor I didn't know about last night. An old man, sick and all alone. I'm going out there now, I'll tell you all about it when I get back." - Laura Ingalls Wilder, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Chapter 15, "The Last Man Out"

- posted by pioneergirl at 10:12 PM