"Yes — he isn't ready yet."
"I say, neighbour, — it takes a power of time to get these fellows ready to begin, don't it?"
"Yes," said Mr. Landholm with a sigh.
"After they're gone you calculate to do all the work yourself,
I s'pose?"
"O I've only lost one yet," said Mr. Landholm shaking the reins; "and he'll help take care of me by and by, I expect. — Come!"
Again the other's hands slipped off the wheel, and again were put back.
"We're goin' to do without larnin' here," said he. "Lost our schoolmaster."
"That fellow Dolts gone?"
"Last week."
"What's the matter?"