12 FARMING IT 



see the pigs before you buy them ? How do 

 you know I will give you what you have paid 

 for?" 



" Oh, you will treat me all right. I want Runts, 

 and you have Runts, and I want the best pair you 

 have." 



"All right," said Daniel, somewhat doubtfully, 

 as he tucked the bills into his vest-pocket, "you 

 shall have them to-morrow, only I don't want any 

 kick coming." 



" There will be no kick coming, Daniel ; this is 

 a fair bargain, and as long as I get Runts I shall 

 be satisfied. Only understand, don't palm off on 

 me any ordinary pigs, - - just plain Runts and 

 nothing else." 



"All right, my son," said Daniel, coughing so 

 violently into his handkerchief that he had to wipe 

 his eyes. 



The next noon when I returned from the office 

 to lunch the pigs had arrived, and our entire 

 family, barring my wife, was leaning over the 

 pen contemplating them with awe. And, indeed, 

 at first sight our inexperienced eyes could detect 

 the fact that they were no ordinary pigs. They 

 were small, much smaller than I supposed, and 

 were covered with a most astonishing growth of 

 hair, and their teeth or tusks seemed consider- 

 ably in advance of their general bodily develop- 

 ment. 



