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"No, indeed not/' answered Ed with disgust. 

 "If it were mine, it would not be lying there with all 

 the stubble on it ; it is a regular breeding cage for 

 windfalls next year." 



Calling good-by, Frank and his father drove on. 



FIG. 60. "If it were mine it would not be lying there with all the 

 stubble on it." 



Frank was in deep thought, and when they came 

 to a smooth road where his father was not so busy 

 guiding the car, he asked, "What did Ed mean by 

 saying that the stubble-field across the road from his 

 house is a breeding cage for windfalls for next year ? " 



"I don't know/' his father answered, "I have 

 thought about it and wish I had asked him." 



