However, his offer was already made and the deal he believed would be closed in the store by six o'clock.
"I suppose the land is all taken up out there ?" said Mrs.Gwynne.
"Oh, yes, mostly, unless away back.

Folks are comin' in all the time, but there's still lots of cheap land around." "Cheap land, is there ?" inquired Mrs.Gwynne with a certain eagerness in her voice.

"Indeed I should have thought that that beautiful land would be very dear." "Why, bless your heart, no.

I know good land going for six--seven--eight--ten dollars an acre.

Ten dollars is high for good farm lands; for cattle runs four dollars is good.