As a result of his inquiries he had made up his mind that the land was worth at the very least eighty dollars an acre and the buildings at least two thousand more.

Five thousand would be a ridiculously low figure and six thousand not extravagantly high for both buildings and farm.

The farm with the store and machine business attached might offer a fair opening to his son, who was already weary of school and anxious to engage in business for himself.
"Guess I'll take a whirl out of the old boy," he said to himself.

"He's a durn fool anyway and if I don't get his money some one else will." In the afternoon he made his way to the store.

"Boss ain't in ?" he inquired of the clerk.
"No, he's at the house, I guess." "Back soon ?" "Don't know.