get among mine."

"It's a bad job for me, squire. I hadn't but one cow, and she's
gone."

"Just so, just so. I s'pose you'll buy another."

"Yes, I must have a cow. My children live on bread and milk mostly.
Then there's the butter and cheese, that I trade off at the store
for groceries."

"Just so, just so. Come into the house, neighbor Walton."

The squire guessed his visitor's business in advance, and wanted
to take time to talk it over. He would first find out how great
his neighbor's necessity was, and then he accommodated him, would
charge him accordingly.





CHAPTER III

HIRAM'S MOTTO




There was a little room just off the kitchen, where the squire had