THE HORSE-AND-BUGGY MAN 47 
« But a fellow must keep up with the proces- 
sion; he must have some recreation, and all the 
men around here have rigs.” 
«Not around Four Oaks. Recreation is all 
. right, but find it in ways less expensive. Read, 
study, cultivate the best of your kind, plan for 
the future and save for it, and you will not lack 
for recreation. Sell your horse and buggy for 
$200, if you cannot get more, put the money at 
interest, save $200 out of your wages, and by the 
end of the year you will be worth over $400 in 
hard cash and much more in self-respect. You 
can easily add $200 a year to your savings, with- 
out missing anything worth while; and it will 
not be long before you can buy a farm, marry a 
wife, and make an independent position. I will 
have no horse-and-buggy men on my farm. It’s 
up to you.” 
«By Jove! I believe you may be right. It 
looks like a square deal, and [’ll play it, if you'll 
give me time to sell the outfit.” 
« All right, come when you can. [ll find the 
work.” 
That day being Saturday, I told Thompson that 
I would come out early Monday morning, bring- 
ing with me a rough map of the place as I had 
planned it, and we would go over it with a chain 
and drive some outlining stakes. I then returned 
to Exeter, found the carpenter and the plumber, 
and accepted their estimates, — $630 and $325, 
respectively. The farm-house moved, finished, 
