9/81 Also the club pays them to maintain the millet and buckwheat patches and to act as wardens. In return the farmers post their four thousand acres for the exclusive benefit of the club. Is that plain ?" "Perfectly." "Very well, then. Now the Siowitha is largely composed of very rich men--among them Bradley Harmon, Jack Ruthven, George Fane, Sanxon Orchil, the Hon. Delmour-Carnes--_that_ crowd--rich and stingy. |