72 DEEP FURROWS 



"Who is that fellow, anyway?" asked a grain man 

 who had just got back to the city. He jerked his 

 thumb over his shoulder. 



" Oh, him!" laughed his partner as he saw who was 

 indicated. " Only that gazabo from Sintaluta who's 

 been nosing around lately. Some hayseeds out the line 

 sent him down here to learn the grain business. They 

 believe that all wheat's No. 1 Hard, all grain buyers 

 are thieves, and that helPs to be divided equally between 

 the railways and the milling companies!" 



" So that's the guy, eh? that's that man Partridge!" 



