At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

neighborhood.

Edith sat very still.

Then Frank said, “You know what Dale Puckett’s house is assessed at?”

“No.”

“Four hundred and ten thousand.”

Edith looked at him over the letter.

“Our $3 house,” she said slowly, “is worth more than the mayor’s mansion?”

“By one hundred and ten thousand dollars.”

The story spread before sunset.

At the diner, the same men continue reading …