You've got to know how to run after good fortune; then you'll get hold of it.
HAHN
When you consider how he used to go around from village to village with a sack full o' tracts; an' how, after that, he used to be writin' letters for people … an' now, to-day, he's got the finest bit o' property an' can marry the handsomest girl in the county.
ROSE BERND approaches. In a basket she is carrying the evening meal for AUGUST and OLD BERND.
ROSE
A good afternoon to you.
SEVERAL VOICES
Good evenin'!—Good evenin'! Many thanks!
GOLISCH
You're lettin' your sweetheart starve, Rosie.