care-taker's

Updated: May 4, 2025

The growling of the hound at his feet called the care-taker's attention to the master's coming, and, driving the ax into an obstinate stick of hickory, he donned his coat, drawing near the vehicle, where he stood in stupid wonderment as the land baron alighted. "Any callers, Oly-koeks?" carelessly asked the master. "A committee of barn-burners, Mynheer, to ask you not to serve any more writs."

Frederic Stewart Isham - The Strollers