CHAPTER LXVI 



LOOKING BACKWARD 



WITH the close of the third year ends the 

 detailed history of the factory farm. All I wish 

 to do further is to give a brief synopsis of the 

 debit and credit accounts for each of the suc- 

 ceeding four years. 



First I will say a word about the people who 

 helped me to start the factory. Thompson and 

 his wife are still with me, and they are well on 

 toward the wage limit. Johnson has the gardens 

 and Lars the stables, and Otto is chief swine- 

 herd. French and his wife act as though they 

 were fixtures on the place, as indeed I hope 

 they are. They have saved a lot of money, and 

 they are the sort who are inclined to let well 

 enough alone. Judson is still at Four Oaks, 

 doing as good service as ever ; but I fancy that 

 he is minded to strike out for himself before 

 long. He has been fortunate in money matters 

 since he gave up the horse and buggy; he in- 

 formed me six months ago that he was worth 

 more than $5000. 



I shouldn't have had five thousand cents if 

 I'd stuck to that darned old buggy," said he, 



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