“Upon what?”
“Upon what I find in the boy. I don’t know of any better way to invest my money than to put it into men. But there isn’t any use in trying to make a successful man out of an incompetent or lazy boy.”
“Dan isn’t lazy—I’m sure of that,” said Mrs. Borden warmly. “Everybody around here knows how hard he and Tom work on the farm.”
“Who is Tom?”
“He is Dan’s brother.”
“And does he too want to go to school and college?”
“I haven’t heard that he did. What Walter said about Dan to-night is the first I’ve heard that Dan wanted an education.”
“And he struck out fifteen in the game to-day,” said Mr. Borden mockingly.
“I don’t understand what you mean, but you say it isn’t anything bad.”