Gold and incense : a west country story . er. She, thrifty soul, madeenough out of her depart-ment to pay the rent; upearly, and always at work,her song only ceasing tomake way for her silvery 20 GOLD AND INCENSE laugh. The older folks re-peated their opinion nowas a prophecy fulfilled, andtook to themselves as muchcredit as if the predictionhad been the chief cause ofthe prosperity. Before three years hadgone Jennifers departmentwas increased by the birthof two sturdy little were both the imageof Sam, so the women de-clared ; but the men sawin each the image of theirmother, and coun
Gold and incense : a west country story . er. She, thrifty soul, madeenough out of her depart-ment to pay the rent; upearly, and always at work,her song only ceasing tomake way for her silvery 20 GOLD AND INCENSE laugh. The older folks re-peated their opinion nowas a prophecy fulfilled, andtook to themselves as muchcredit as if the predictionhad been the chief cause ofthe prosperity. Before three years hadgone Jennifers departmentwas increased by the birthof two sturdy little were both the imageof Sam, so the women de-clared ; but the men sawin each the image of theirmother, and counted it apity that they were notgirls, for the like of Jenni-fer they reckoned scarce. 21 Chapter II IT was an evening towardthe end of August, andthe harvest was beinggathered in. The fields onevery side were dotted withthe tented sheaves piled upas the custom is in thecatching weather of theWest, one sheaf reversedon the top of the cluster,so as to form a kind ofroof. The long shadowsof the shocks fell acrossthe fields in the evening 22. 24 GOLD AND INCENSE light. All the country wasbeautiful with that richrestfulness which comes inthe autumn, as if the earth
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