But tell me are you really in earnest about it ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, it is better than college.

I will think about it.

If you go to the Point, it should be this coming fall.

I wonder what Ann will say." Then John knew that the Squire favoured what had been for a long time on his own mind.

What had made him eager to go into the army was in part that tendency towards adventure which had been a family trait and his admiration for the soldier-uncle; nor did the mere student life and the quiet years of managing the iron-mills as yet appeal to him as desirable.
"I wish, Uncle Jim, that you could settle the matter." This was so like his own dislike of unsettled affairs that the Squire laughed in his hearty way.