Her eagerness caused Lafe to draw the girl to him.
“Can you holler good an’ loud?” he asked.
The girl shot him a curious glance.
“Sure I can.”
“Can you walk on icy walks––”
“Oh, I’m as strong as anything,” Jinnie cut in, glancing downward at herself.
“I know a lot of kids who earn money,” said Lafe meditatively.
“What do they do?”
“Get wood out of the marsh behind the huts there. Some of ’em keeps families on it.”
“Sell wood! And there’s lots of it, Lafe?”