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He was a giant in strength and a skilful wrestler. This helped to make him popular. For some months after leaving his father's home Lincoln worked in the neighborhood, most of the time as a farmhand and rail-splitter. But he desired something different. From time to time he had watched the boats carrying freight up and down the river and had wondered where the vessels were going.
Then Andy knew that Nature had won out, for he could catch the regular breathing of the stout farmhand, and from this judged that Felix must be sound asleep. From where Andy sat he had a fine view of the field on all sides of the broken hydroplane, and especially in that quarter toward the fence, beyond which the road leading to Bloomsbury lay.
George William Curtis was also a farmhand out on the Lowell Road, but came into town Saturday evenings taking a swim in the river on the way to attend the philosophical conferences at Emerson's house, and then went off and made gentle fun of them.
During the evening he made a circuit of the village of Bréauté, in order to tell everybody about it. He found none but incredulous listeners. He was ill over it all night. The next afternoon, about one o'clock, Marius Paumelle, a farmhand employed by Master Breton, a farmer of Ymauville, restored the wallet and its contents to Master Huelbrèque of Manneville.
The farmhand, who would never think of wasting his money, wastes his energies by contracting big muscles, where a better economized system of movement would allow him to reach the same result through the contraction of smaller muscles, which involves much less energy and much less fatigue. The loss by wrong bending and wrong coördination of movement may be greater than by bad weather.
"Where in the world did you girls come from?" asked their aunt, who was the first to see them. "Oh, we came in on the afternoon train," laughed Ruth, "and we got Henry Smith to drive us out. We wanted to surprise you." "Well, you certainly have," said their uncle, as they all crowded around to welcome them back to Brookside Farm. "Where's your new farmhand, Aunt Bettie?" asked Ruth.
I kept my course, however, until at four o'clock, when night was coming rapidly up to lend a hand to the fog, I was fain to confess myself lost. "The compass was now no good to me, and I wandered about miserably, occasionally giving a shout on the chance of being heard by some passing shepherd or farmhand.
"What will she weigh?" "Suppose about 105 or 110 pounds." "Did she ever live out?" "I don't know, but I don't think so." "You were in the habit of paying your respects to her?" "I called on her a few times." "Did you ever go out with her?" "Once, I guess." "She was not a farmhand?" "No, she worked around the house." "Was she of a quiet disposition?" "As far as I know she was."
They were two in number, one an old woman with a sweet face and snow-white hair; the other a tall, boyish-looking chap, undoubtedly the Jo who had been farmhand to Mr. Rollins, and was now under the dreadful ban of suspicion. When Paul first caught sight of these two they were bending over the table, on which something evidently lay that had been holding their attention. Jo was talking excitedly.
Ben must not have her, he told himself over and over again that afternoon. But what was he to do? He himself was merely a farmhand in Nell's eyes, and he had not the least reason to believe that she cared anything for him. Ben, on the other hand, was the son of the most influential man in the parish, and had been making love to her for come time.
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