He could hire help with his corn if he could not finish alone.

He could arise earlier than usual and do his feeding and milking; he could clean the stables, haul wood on Saturday and Sunday, if he must, for the Bates family looked on Sunday more as a day of rest for the horses and physical man than as one of religious observances.

They always worked if there was anything to be gained by it.

Six months being the term, he would be free by the first of May; surely the money would be an attraction, while Nancy Ellen could coach him on any new methods she had learned at Normal.

Kate sprang to her feet, ran across the street, and entering the hall, hurried to her room.