i came of a hard headed stock which had been away from the soil long enough to gain a new perspective when a thing satisfied my judgment i did it forthwith and downright no matter how extravagant it seemed take the old orchard worthless worse than worthless old nearly died of heart disease when he saw the i had upon it and look at it now there was an old ruin where the now stands i put up with it but i immediately pulled down the cow bam the the chicken houses everything � made a clean sweep they shook their heads and groaned when they saw such wanton waste by a widow struggling to make a living but worse was to come they were when i told them the price of the three beautiful c s � pigs you know � which i bought sixty dollars for the three and only just then i the chickens to market them with the white the two cows that came with the place i sold to the butcher for thirty dollars each paying two hundred and fifty for two blue blooded and money on the exchange while by ic the valley of the moon and the rest went right on with their that couldn t give enough milk to pay for their board nodded approval remember what i told you about horses he to saxon and assisted by his hostess he gave a very creditable on and its management from a business point of view when he went out to smoke mrs led saxon into talking about herself and and betrayed not the slightest shock when she learned of his prize and he s a splendid young man and good she assured saxon his face shows that and best of all he loves you and is proud of you you can t imagine how i have enjoyed watching the way he looks at you especially when you are talking he respects your judgment why he must for here he is with you on this pilgrimage which is wholly your idea mrs sighed you are very fortunate dear child very fortunate and you don t yet know what a man s brain is wait till he is quite fired with enthusiasm for your project you will be astounded by the way he takes hold you will have to exert yourself to keep up with him in the meantime you must lead remember he is city bred it will be a struggle to him from the only life he s known oh but he s disgusted with the city too saxon began but not as you are love is not the whole of man as it is of woman the city hurt you more than it hurt him it was you who lost the dear little babe his interest his connection was no more than casual and compared with the depth and of yours mrs turned her head to who was just entering have you got the hang of what was you she asked pretty close to it he answered taking the indicated big chair it s this by ic the valley of the moon one moment mrs checked him that is a beautiful big strong chair and so are you at any rate big and strong and your little wife is very weary � no no sit down it s your strength she needs yes i insist open your arms and to him she led saxon and into his arms placed her now sir � and you look delicious the pair of you � register your objections to my way of earning a living it ain t your way quickly your way s all right it s great what i m trying to get at is that your way don t fit us we couldn t make a go of it your way why you had pull � well to do acquaintances people that knew you d ben a an your husband a professor an you had here he a moment seeking for the idea he still vaguely grasped well you had a way we couldn t have you were educated an � an � i don t know i guess you knew society ways an business ways we couldn t know but my dear boy you could learn what was necessary she shook his head no you don t quite get me let s take it this way just suppose it s me with jam an a into that swell like you did to talk with the top why i d be place the moment i stepped into his office worse n that i d feel place that d make me have a on my shoulder an for trouble which is a poor way to do business then too i d be he was i was a whole lot of a to be jam what d happen t i d be at the drop of the hat i d be he was i was on my foot an i d beat him to it in him he was on his foot don t you see it s because i was raised that way it d be take it or leave it with me an no jam sold what you say is true mrs took up brightly but there is your wife just look at her by ic the valley op the moon she d make an impression on any business man he d be only too willing to listen to her a forbidding expression springing into his eyes what have i done now their hostess laughed i ain t got around yet to on my wife s looks he right you are the only trouble is that you both of you are fifty years behind the times you re old american how you ever got here in the thick of modem conditions is a miracle you re van who ever heard in 