But I will keep all that for the Wood House, for we had no end of adventures--the dare-devil Englishmen as they called us.

But never mind that, I must hurry on." "Harry is his uncle's heir--not that that amounts to much--but he has come into possession of a fine old farm that has been in the family for a hundred years at least, with plenty of good land, but, alas! little capital.

The facts of the case are these, Herrick.

Roger Strickland was not a rich man, and for want of a little ready money the farm has deteriorated in value.

There is plenty to be got out of the land if only more could be spent on it; they want a new barn and some outhouses, and some of the fencing is disgraceful.