“That is something like. But I want to earn even more—if I can.”
“I suppose you’ve got to do it, now your dad is out of work and laid up.”
“Yes.”
“Somebody told my dad you folks had lost a lot of money on some rascal in Philadelphia.”
“It is true, and that’s all the more reason I want to earn something.”
“Can’t your father get anything out of the railroad company for the accident?”
“I trust so. But it is pretty hard to fight a big railroad company.”
“Will your father start in the feed business again?”
“I don’t think so. Still, he doesn’t know what he will do. He wants to get well first.”
So the talk ran until the outskirts of Porthaven were reached. Then Frank left the wagon and thanked his comrade for the ride.