SNOWED IN 



&quot; Mr. Hotchkiss, your niece told me she was 

 engaged to be married. Now, I take as much 

 interest in that girl as if I were another uncle. 

 Who s the man ? &quot; 



&quot; He s a young wheelwright over at Slocum,&quot; 

 said Gabe, without the decency of hesitation. 



&quot;Oh, a wheelwright, is he? Honest, industri 

 ous, poor, and all that sort of thing, I suppose ! &quot; 



&quot; Guess he s about as honest as the rest of 

 said Gabe, &quot; but he hasn t come to that 



em, 



p int where he can make a livin fer two. We re 

 goin to hev a big February thaw and an early 

 spring.&quot; 



Gabe s information made me a trifle desperate. 

 &quot; If you get to the village, I wish you would send 

 me a livery team,&quot; I said. &quot; I want to go to the 

 city.&quot; 



Then I walked to the window, and I ll be 

 hanged if it wasn t snowing again. 



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