THE HORSE-AND-BUGGY MAN 47 



" But a fellow must keep up with the proces- 

 sion ; he must have some recreation, and all the 

 men around here have rigs." 



" Not around Four Oaks. Recreation is all 

 right, but find it in ways less expensive. Read, 

 study, cultivate the best of your kind, plan for 

 the future and save for it, and you will not lack 

 for recreation. Sell your horse and buggy for 

 1200, if you cannot get more, put the money at 

 interest, save $200 out of your wages, and by the 

 end of the year you will be worth over $400 in 

 hard cash and much more in self-respect. You 

 can easily add $200 a year to your savings, with- 

 out missing anything worth while ; and it will 

 not be long before you can buy a farm, marry a 

 wife, and make an independent position. I will 

 have no horse-and-buggy men on my farm. It's 

 up to you." 



" By Jove ! I believe you may be right. It 

 looks like a square deal, and I'll play it, if you'll 

 give me time to sell the outfit." 



" All right, come when you can. I'll find the 

 work." 



That day being Saturday, I told Thompson that 

 I would come out early Monday morning, bring- 

 ing with me a rough map of the place as I had 

 planned it, and we would go over it with a chain 

 and drive some outlining stakes. I then returned 

 to Exeter, found the carpenter and the plumber, 

 and accepted their estimates, $630 and $325, 

 respectively. The farm-house moved, finished, 



