Chapters VII and VIII Summary

Zalmon gives Reb five hundred dollars for arranging his marriage to Bessie and Reb begins to look for a way to turn the money into a business venture. He finds an ad for a store for sale. Shenah begs him to allow her to go along but he says that he will call her if it is worth considering. The owner says that he must go back to Russia and that he will sell the store for four hundred dollars. Reb arrives at the store and sees many customers, prompting him to make an immediate deal. Shenah and Sara later get word that Reb has called for them and they go to Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the address of the store. Shenah begs for a pencil and piece of paper to calculate the products in the store...