"Well, I want to know!" said Sarah. "Big house and plenty o' money! If that don't beat all!"
"That oldest girl is the thing that beats all," said Samson. "She's as handsome as Bim."
"I suppose Harry fell in love with her," Sarah suggested, with a smile.
"I've lost my ability to fall in love," said the young man.
"It will come back—you see," said Sarah. "I'm going to get her to pay us a visit in the spring."
Harry went out to feed and water the horses.
"Did you get along all right?" Samson asked.
"Colonel Lukins did the chores faithfully, night and morning," Sarah answered. "His wife helped me with the sewing yesterday. She talked all day about the 'Colonel.' Mrs. Beach, that poor woman from Ohio on the west road who has sent her little girl so often to borrow tea and sugar, came to-day and wanted to borrow the baby. Her baby is sick and her breasts were paining her."