"Do you think with your mother, Frank?" asked Mr. Frost.

"I think mother is right," said Frank, proud of having his
opinion asked. He was secretly determined, in spite of what his
father had said, to see if he could not make the farm as
profitable as it would be under his father's management.

Mr. Frost seemed relieved by his wife's expression of opinion.
"Then," said he, "I will accept your decision as final. I felt
that it should be you, and not myself, who should decide it. Now
my mind will be at ease, so far as that goes."

"You will not enlist at once, father?" asked Frank.

"Not for three or four weeks. I shall wish to give you some
special instructions before I go, so that your task may be
easier."

"Hadn't I better leave school at once?"

"You may finish this week out. However, I may as well begin my
instructions without delay. I believe you have never learned to
milk."

"No, sir."

"Probably Carter will undertake that. Still, it will be desirable
that you should know how, in case he gets sick. You may come out
with me after supper and take your first lesson."