Part 6. 9/14 Under the clover leaf was written in a school-girl's hand--"Philip, June, 186-." Squire Montague thought very well of Philip's proposal. It would have been better if he had begun the study of the law as soon as he left college, but it was not too late now, and besides he had gathered some knowledge of the world. Hasn't it good timber, and doesn't the railroad almost touch it ?" "I can't do anything with it now. Perhaps I can sometime." "What is your reason for supposing that there is coal there ?" "The opinion of the best geologist I could consult, my own observation of the country, and the little veins of it we found. |