“Do you mean to ask what brought me here?”
“Yes, if you please.”
“Well, I don’t mind telling you. I should have to do it anyway, because that is what I came for. My name is Carter, and I came from Maryland.”
“Yes?” smiled the doctor.
“And have been traveling through the country here looking for land.”
“Quite so, and you have found a great deal.”
“I mean, and to buy. I hear that land is very good and cheap about here and the climate very healthy.”
“All quite true; but I fear I cannot help you in the least in that matter. You had better take counsel with Lawyer Jordon, who acts as land agent occasionally,” said the doctor.
“Did I ask you to help me? I told you first off that I didn’t want any service.”
“Then what in the name of——”