There's more'n two hundred hands a-workin' there, a'ready." "Goodness me!" cried Patsy; "this thing must have livened up sleepy old Millville considerably." "Not yet," said Hucks, shaking his head.

"The comp'ny what owns the mill keeps a store there for the workmen, an' none of 'em come much to Millville.

Our storekeepers is madder'n blazes about it; but fer my part I'm glad the two places is separated." "Why ?" asked Louise.
"They're a kinder tough lot, I guess.

Turnin' pine trees inter paper mus' be a job thet takes more muscle than brains.

I don't see how it's done, at all." "It's simple enough," said Mr.Merrick.