HAPPY HOLLOW FARM 105 



except once when my boy was bucked off a 

 horse and had his collar bone broken. The 

 gain in health can't be measured ; but the sav- 

 ing can. We'll leave that out of the reckoning, 

 though; you may think I'm bearing down too 

 strong on this part of the matter, trying to 

 make out a case. 



Seriously, can you find any flaw in that way 

 of looking at things? I can't. Maybe it 

 wouldn't altogether suit our friend the book- 

 keeper; he might want to apportion some of 

 the items differently, so as to make them gee 

 with his own theories of accounting; but he 

 couldn't escape the conclusion that even at the 

 beginning we were on a secure footing. 



The charges to be made against the enter- 

 prise interest on investment, taxes, insurance 

 and depreciation of machinery and equipment 

 amounted to $400. In that year we paid 

 $500 for labor on the land. Those two items 

 were counterbalanced by increased value. So 

 it boils down to this : Life at Happy Hollow 

 was saving us at least $100 a month the year 

 round as compared with life in town. I 

 couldn't get away from that if I wanted to. 

 And we were living in a dream come true I 

 Don't overlook that. 



