That colt, you see, had grown inside her
body.
I am playing safe, Abe replied and slipped to the
ground.
But never again would he allow himself to becaught
without a threshing outfit of his own! But there are people who think they knowall
about him.
Abe askedNicoll for his boy Tom, seventeen years
old.
Even now he did not go to the house for breakfast.
Was it the new relationship between father and son?
One danger was pointed out: before this, an
earlykilling frost had overtaken the west. That was howshe looked; not a sight to
make a mans glance linger.
Before long it was clear to Ruth andMary that Abe
was living through a new crisis.
Yes, Charlie said; and once more he laughed, but in
a differentkey.
Abe was aware of a wave of distaste flooding
through him. A good deal was said of the sweating of grain whichimproves its
quality. The crops, half ruined by sprouting, froze to theground: the fields looked
like skating rinks. Abeestimated his yield at forty bushels per acre. Never did the
grain suffer from excessivemoisture or lack of it.
And when Abe made a motion toleave him, he detained
him by a finger on his arm. And the buyers whistled through their
teeth.
The general disaster hit them as hardas any one
else.
They hardly knew whether they were in agreement on
thefundamental questions of life. Infreezing weather the crops would be
safe.
People had heard him for miles around; sounds carry
far over theprairie.
Is that the one from your nest, do you think? At
five, a lunch was served to the men, with beer or coffee todrink as they preferred.
Whats thatyellow stuff around their beaks?
Oh, daddy, it makes me SO HAPPY to see those
littlebirds!
Threshing is beginning to be general again. When
spring opened up, without extraordinary developments, therewas the usual rush of
work. Abe was aware of a wave of distaste flooding through him. In the corner of the
wildland ahead stood the remnant of a haystack.
But dry weather followedimmediately and continued
for several days. Daddy, he whispered, I had such a terrible dream. Abe was aware of
a wave of distaste flooding through him. Surely all was going to be well;there was
no need for this extra expense?
When I look at you,I see myself as I used to
be.
He might not be able to cuthis wheat; being cut,
the grain might sprout in the stook and beruined.