“Well, they are a sure cure for taking things too easily.”
“Are they?” laughed Mr. Borden. “Some of us think we don’t need any whip or spur for that. Have you ever been in the city, Dan?”
“Never in New York.”
“Like it better here I fancy.”
“I never expect to find anything I like as well as I do this place.”
“Then you are planning to stay here, are you?”
“No, sir.”
“I recall that Walter told me you were going to the normal school this fall.”
“I want to go.”
“If you are so fond of the farm why do you leave it?”