umns. He was formerly an Omaha news- 

 paper man, and went into the farming bus- 

 iness down among the Ozarks in Arkansas. 

 This is the story of liis experience. 



The fact that the author was a writer by 

 profession made the telling of the story 

 easy, but be could never have imagined the 

 buoyant enthusiasm that comes from a life 

 earned from the soil. It is not a manual of 

 farming, yet a book of vast practical use- 

 fulness, common sense, and advice, and de- 

 lightful gaiety. 



The man who hopes some day to own a 

 farm of his own will read it, of course. The 

 man who already owns a farm will see new 

 joy in his work, and will more greatly ap- 

 preciate his own usefulenss by living over 

 again with Mr. Lighten his adventures in 

 freedom. 



" Happy Hollow Farm," William R. 

 Lighton, The George H. Doran Co., New 

 York ; 318 pages, 12 illustrations, $1.25 net. 



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A MAN tried to sell me a horse once. He said it 

 was a fine horse and had nothing the matter 

 with it. I wanted a fine horse. But I didn't 

 know anything about horses 

 much. And I didn't know 

 the man very well either. 



So I told him I wanted 

 to try the horse for a 

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Well, I didn't like that. 

 I was afraid the horse 

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 the horse, altho I wanted 

 it badly. Now this set me 

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You see I make Wash- 

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 Gravity " Washer. 



And I said to myself, 

 lots of people may think 

 about my Washing Ma- 

 chine as I thought about 

 the horse, and about the 

 man who owned it. 



But I'll never know, because they wouldn't v^rite 

 and tell me. You see I sell my Washing Machines 

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 pay for them, just as I wanted to try the horse. 



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I know it will wash a tubful of very dirty clothes 

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 the horse. Only I won't wait for people to ask me. 

 I'll offer first, and I'll make good the offer every 

 time. 



Let me send you a " 1900 Gravity " Washer on 

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 the freight too. Surely that is fair enough, isn't it? 



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 and tear on the clothes alone. And then it will 

 save 50 cents to 75 cents a week over that in wash- 

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 saves you. If it saves you 60 cents a week, send 

 me 50 cents a week till paid for. I'll take that 

 cheerfully, and I'll wait for my money until the 

 machine itself earns the balance. 



Drop me a line today, and let me send you a 

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