36 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. 



in clover ; and, had it not been for the attacks of 

 a gadfly, which she resented furiously, she would 

 have led a perfectly happy life. She certainly was 

 a model animal. My presentiments of success were 

 not mistaken, and I felt almost like claiming, with 

 the modest author of &quot; Ten Acres Enough,&quot; that my 

 impressions were never wrong. 



