"Someone may have paid them and taken the land.

You had better look it up." "What for ?" he demanded.
"It is beautiful.

It is the shadiest, coolest place in town.

Having it here doubles the value of your mother's house across the street.

In some way, some day, it might turn out to be worth something." "I can't see how," he said.
"Some of the trees may become valuable when lumber gets scarcer, as it will when the land grows older.