If I ask for two hundred, hellgive me a hundred and
fifty. Then he veered on his heel, saying, Getin, then, and went to the
house.
Ill call when suppers ready, Henrietta said after
him.
And he said that in his opinionnobody can ever pay
for a farm on half-crop payments. Perhaps youwere pretty angry at me when I left the
homestead.
He found John in thekitchen, lighting the fire. The
Ormonds left early on Monday morning, driven by a neighbour ofJohns.
When I get out into thefield, I make the dust
fly.
The boy at the horses head extended his
hand.
And with a senile nod he prepared
torecline.
By jingo, Isaid to him, Ill show you it can be
done. The barn was well built of three-inch lumber, with an enormous
loftabove.
Roy, Cathleen called to the little boy, come here.
Well, he said to his sisters, the old man surprised us at last,did he? It seems so,
from the way youre walking up and down.
He was on the point of resenting the way inwhich
his daughter spoke to him. His whimsical features were still smiling; but the
smilewas bitter and resigned. Theyll answer, they wish they were notthere. She had a
pretty bad time of it before the other girlsleft.
Out of the cropthe threshing bill is paid and the
twine. Whats the use cramming them with algebra and French andsuch nonsense? And
with a senile nod he prepared torecline. In the afternoon, he repeated the
question.
Once or twice striking lapses of memory
occurred.
Oh, he said, somewhat abashed, if thatsthe way you
feel about it!
Withoutentering he said, I want Grant or
Allan.
Well, I dont understand how John can get along with
thosepeople. Yes, he said, beginning to walk up and down while she sankheavily into
an arm-chair.
The price of this land is put at a figure which, at
sixpercent, pays him twenty on his investment.
She ran away; and then she was driving along the
road with hersister.