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Updated: June 13, 2025
"Hit don't hurt none ter hev a house like thet solid-timbered," he asserted. "When ther crop's in, thet buildin' holds erbout all ther wheat thet ther passel of us fellers raises amongst us an' we seeks ter hev hit held safe. Thar's some car-loads in thar right now, an' threshin' time hain't nigh over yit."
"Thought it might be some of you folks when I saw the car," said Higbee, shaking hands all around. "And Mrs. Bines, too! and the girl, looking like a Delaware peach when the crop's 'failed. How's everybody, and how long you going to be in the good old town?" "Ah! we were just speaking of Chicago as you came in," said Percival, blandly. "Isn't she a great old town, though a wonder!"
He was on the whole a handsome fellow, well mounted and smartly dressed, but there was a hint of hardness in his expression. George recognized him as the landlord of a hotel at the settlement. "Your crop's not looking too good," the stranger greeted him. "No," returned George. "It was badly put in, and we've had unusually dry weather." "I forgot," the other rejoined.
" He didn't turn up. It was that affair of the accident, probably. Fletcher berated him, I reckon." "So you've got to cut it all yourself. Well, it's a first-rate crop the very primings ought to be as good as some top leaves." "The crop's all right," responded Christopher, as his knife passed with a ripping noise down the juicy stalk.
He was puttin' in his best jumps, and the way he hurried up Crop's cakes was a thing to be astonished at. The dog didn't see me, and seemed to be principled agin stoppin' to inquire my whereabouts. He dashed under the log where I stood, and the moose after him like mad.
Look along all the rows. Every tree's that way. See? An' that's just one trick of the Porchugeeze. They got a million like it. They don't need props when the crop's heavy. Why, when we had a heavy crop, we used to use five props to a tree. Now take ten acres of trees. That'd be some several thousan' props. Which cost money, an' labor to put in an' take out every year.
"Potatoes ain't quite up to last year, but the corn crop's a record breaker." "Mis' Hornblower's knee trouble her much?" "Well, no, not to say trouble." Mr. Hornblower plucked his beard with his disengaged hand and cast a thoughtful glance at his companion. "She's a little oneasy in her mind though, Mis' Hornblower is. She's got an idea in her head and it keeps her as oneasy as a flea.
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