120 THE FAT OF THE LAND 



by 8.45. Polly was not quite pleased with my 

 late hours ; she said it did not worry her not to 

 know where I was, but it was annoying. 



" Can't you have a telephone put into the farm- 

 house ? It would be convenient in a lot of 

 ways." 



" Why, of course ; I don't see why it can't be 

 done at once. I'll make application this very 

 night." 



It was six weeks before we really got a wire 

 to the farm, but after that we wondered how we 

 ever got along without it. 



