244 FARMING BY INCHES; 



" See, Harriet, here is a list of books on the subject of 

 farming. I made it up from the last page of Washburn & 

 Co.'s catalogue. I am going to the city this afternoon, and 

 shall be gone two days. I shall get these books, and send 

 them to you by mail to-night. While I am gone you can 

 amuse yourself by looking them over, and finding out what 

 there is in them that will be of use to us. We must follow 

 the example of the students, and ' cram for a profession/ " 



" Books, I was thinking of them," said I ; " but what 

 is going to detain you in town so long ? " 



" Why, you see, if we really intend to turn farmers, the 

 sooner we begin the better, and the sooner we cut all con- 

 nection with the city the quicker we can commence. Here 

 is a list of what furniture we shall need while here ; the 

 rest I propose to sell. I shall then pay all our bills, give 

 up our house on Columbia Avenue, and dissolve my con- 

 nection with Farwell & Co. Do you approve ? " 



" Yes, I like most of it. I approve of all your plans save 

 the idea of leaving me here alone while you are gone. Why 

 cannot I accompany you ? " 



" There is no reason why you cannot. But I thought to 

 save you all trouble, and the pain of parting from our first 

 home, besides the fatigue of the journey." 



" I can bear the fatigue as well as you ; and what if you 

 should be taken ill, and I not near you ? You are not yet a 



