However, there are other difficulties.

Still, hundreds are crowding in, and any man who has the courage and the nerve to stay with it can get on." "And what did they do for schools ?" said Mrs.Dunn, returning to the theme that had so greatly interested her.
"There were no schools until father was too big to be spared to go except for a few weeks in the winter." "How big do you mean ?" "Say fifteen." "Fifteen!" exclaimed Miss Brodie.

"A mere infant!" "Infant!" said Martin.

"Not much! At fifteen my father was doing a man's full work in the bush and on the farm, and when he grew to be a man he cleared most of his own land, too.

Why, when I was eleven I drove my team all day on the farm." "And how did you get your education, Mr.Martin ?" "Oh, they kept me at school pretty steadily, except in harvest and hay time, until I was fourteen, and after that in the winter months.