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it. Yow would have been frightened three years 
ago if some one had told you that you would put 
$106,000 into a farm of less than five hundred 
acres.” 
«“You’re right. Spending money on a farm is 
like other forms of vice, — hated, then tolerated, 
then embraced. But seriously, a man would get 
a bargain if he secured this property to-day for 
what it has cost us. I wouldn’t take a bonus 
of $50,000 and give it up.” 
“ You'll hardly find a purchaser at that price, 
and I’m glad you can’t, for I want to live here 
and nowhere else.” 
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