CHAPTER LXVI 
LOOKING BACKWARD 
Wits the close of the third year ends the 
detailed history of the factory farm. All I wish 
to do further is to give a brief synopsis of the 
debit and credit accounts for each of the suc- 
ceeding four years. 
First I will say a word about the people who 
helped me to start the factory. Thompson and 
his wife are still with me, and they are well on 
toward the wage limit. Johnson has the gardens 
and Lars the stables, and Otto is chief swine- 
herd. French and his wife act as though they 
were fixtures on the place, as indeed I hope 
they are. They have saved a lot of money, and 
they are the sort who are inclined to let well 
enough alone. Judson is still at Four Oaks, 
doing as good service as ever; but I fancy that 
he is minded to strike out for himself before 
long. He has been fortunate in money matters 
since he gave up the horse and buggy; he in- 
formed me six months ago that he was worth 
more than $5000. 
«T shouldn’t have had five thousand cents if 
I'd stuck to that darned old buggy,’ said he, 
804 
So 
