Ordinary Riches
A rather reclusive elderly uncle had died in Vermont and left his niece a small inheritance. The windfall was totally unexpected, so the news was met by the niece and her husband and their three sons with an almost giddy fascination. But only Donnie, the youngest boy, knew what they should do about it, as now he presumed they had enough for a down payment on a house he had seen advertised in the classified section of the local newspaper. This was one of Donnie’s pastimes. He often scanned real estate ads with the zeal of a Trappist monk. For years he had yearned for a conventional home...
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