stycas in the currency of the time. A careful man, with business
capabilities, may, however, manipulate a small capital to great
advantage. In what would appear, to those accustomed to our slow
modern methods, an incredibly short space of time, Inge's two-handed
battle-axe has developed into wide lands and many head of cattle;
which latter continue to multiply with a rapidity beyond the dreams
of present-day breeders. Inge's descendants would seem to have
inherited the genius of their ancestor, for they prosper and their
worldly goods increase. They are a money-making race. In all times,
out of all things, by all means, they make money. They fight for
money, marry for money, live for money, are ready to die for money.

In the days when the most saleable and the highest priced article in
the markets of Europe was a strong arm and a cool head, then each
Ingerfield (as "Inge," long rooted in Yorkshire soil, had grown or
been corrupted to) was a soldier of fortune, and offered his strong
arm and his cool head to the highest bidder. They fought for their
price, and they took good care that they obtained their price; but,
the price settled, they fought well, for they were staunch men and
true, according to their lights, though these lights may have been
placed somewhat low down, near the earth.

Then followed the days when the chief riches of the world lay tossed
for daring hands to grasp upon the bosom of the sea, and the sleeping
spirit of the old Norse Rover stirred in their veins, and the lilt of
a wild sea-song they had never heard kept ringing in their ears; and
they built them ships and sailed for the Spanish Main, and won much
wealth, as was their wont.

Later on, when Civilisation began to lay down and enforce sterner