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Albert said $24 was all he could pay and pay for for the coal besides. We had told him that Pa burned 21 tons of coal and he figured if he paid one half of that $24 was all he could pay for rent. They were going to Brockton as they said rents were cheaper over there and I told Albert to see me tonight. Well, This morning he came over and said they saw Ma when they got back last night and she said they could have the down stairs for $25 a month. I told him that was pretty cheap rent and asked how about his car but he said he didn't
  
him but Friday night he and Evelyn went up to see Ma - I asked Ma if they said anything about the house and she said No. Saturday morning she called me up and said she wanted me to take her over to the house not later than one o'clock and she sent a note to Evelyn and when I took her over Albert and Evelyn were there and she told them she wanted them to hire the house. They asked how much it would be and I told them $30. They said they wouldn't live upstairs again (and that $30 was more than they could afford to pay-