CHAFPER VII. 



HE days went by, and Tracy and Smith sent 

 their teams, and the work went merrily on 

 at the Shane farm, and it looked like the 

 corn would be planted in pretty good time 

 yet. Shane's horses were not improving in appearance 

 any, and he had spent the price of a horse in fees to 

 Hodges to treat them. He hoped to get them cured 

 by the time the corn was ready for the cultivator, but 

 the first thing was to get the corn planted. 



The work went steadily on, and by the middle of the 

 next week the last hill was in the ground, and Shane 

 was astonished at the amount of work that could be 

 done by two teams, when they were worked according 

 to Tracy's and Smith's plans; for he had kept his 

 promise to Tracy to treat the team well. He had given 

 them proi)er rest during the day, proper care at night, 

 and had worked them a reasonable number of hours. 

 He remarked that " Smith an' Tracy had two might} 

 good teams. They just go right along an' do what 

 they are told to do without any fuss or trouble.'* Yet 

 he could not understand that it was the kind treatment 

 that these horses received that made them work so 

 cheerfully. 



"There's an awful sight o' grubworms in this soil," 



