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 a suggestion? There's ten acres adjoin' 'ere that I own, that I was savin' so Enoch could buy 'em. Why don' you take 'em over? Give me thirty dollars an' I'll let the rest go till the first crops are in."

He turned to Jethro. "Don't you think it would be a good idea?"

"Fine," was the reply.

"An' Enoch's dream would come true," murmured Linda.

"Well 'en I'll 'ave a deed drawn up." "Right," said Jethro crisply. "It would be quite a help to me to have that extra field to work. And I'll get you a cow. It won't cost anything. I want it here because I like to have a glass of cold milk to drink now and then. I've also a couple of horses that I can spare. I'll keep them in your barn but they'll be part of my equipment to do the work. If a farmer uses modern methods, you know, the soil yields a much better return. And I want to get every last dollar out of these fields."

That night long after Jethro Trent and Samuel Gage had gone, Linda sat alone