“Don’t apologize, Bradley. I am not disturbed by such references. I understand very well how I am situated—how very near I am to the unseen land. I have thought of it for a long, long time.”
“And of course you are troubled about your son’s future?”
“Yes, I admit that, though he tells me he has no anxieties.”
“He is too young to understand what it is to be thrown on his own resources.”
“I think not. He is strong and self-reliant.”
“Strength and self-reliance are good things, but a fair sum of money is better. That emboldens me to mention to you a plan which has occurred to me. You own the land about the cabin, do you not?”
“Yes; I pre-empted it, and have a government title.”
“So I supposed. Of course it will be of little value to Gerald. I propose to buy it of you. How many acres are there in your holding?”
“Eighty.”