A journey to nature . with a team and a large farm sled. He hadhad hard work, and his horses were lathered andsteaming. When he came in and lit his pipe witha coal of my fire, I pushed a chair over at him andtackled him, as we say, on a vital subject, comingat him bluntly and famiharly. 302 SNOWED IN Mr. Hotchkiss, your niece told me she wasengaged to be married. Now, I take as muchinterest in that girl as if I were another the man ? Hes a young wheelwright over at Slocum/said Gabe, without the decency of hesitation. Oh, a wheelwright, is he? Honest, industri-ous, poor, and all that


A journey to nature . with a team and a large farm sled. He hadhad hard work, and his horses were lathered andsteaming. When he came in and lit his pipe witha coal of my fire, I pushed a chair over at him andtackled him, as we say, on a vital subject, comingat him bluntly and famiharly. 302 SNOWED IN Mr. Hotchkiss, your niece told me she wasengaged to be married. Now, I take as muchinterest in that girl as if I were another the man ? Hes a young wheelwright over at Slocum/said Gabe, without the decency of hesitation. Oh, a wheelwright, is he? Honest, industri-ous, poor, and all that sort of thing, I suppose ! Guess hes about as honest as the rest ofem, said Gabe, but he hasnt come to thatpint where he can make a livin fer two. Weregoin to hev a big February thaw and an earlyspring. Gabes information made me a trifle desperate. If you get to the village, I wish you would sendme a livery team, I said. I want to go to thecity. Then I walked to the window, and Ill behanged if it wasnt snowing 303


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