"I'm getting fond of this place.

How long do you think we'll stay here, Sol ?" Shif'less Sol cocked up his weather eye, and a look of surpassing wisdom came over his face.
"When the ground hog come out o' his hole in the fall an' saw his shadder, he went right back ag'in," he replied, "an' that means a hard winter.
Besides, we're pretty far north, an' all the hunters say they have lot o' snow hereabouts.

We're goin' to have cold an' snow right along.

That's the opinion o' me, Solomon Hyde.

Jim Hart may say somethin' else, but he ain't worth listenin' to." "I said this mornin' that it wuz goin' to be a hard winter," growled Jim Hart.