Will has been a little better, to be sure; but how on earth Winthrop ever prepared himself I can't imagine.

Why the fellow read off Greek there, and I didn't know he had ever seen a word of it." "He used to learn up in his room o' nights, father," said Asahel.
"He used to carry his books to the field and study while the oxen were resting," said Winifred.
"He did! -- Well, _he'll_ get along.

I aint afeard of him.

He won't be the last man in the College, I guess." "I guess not, father," said Asahel.
And now the months sped along with slow step, bringing toil- work for every day.

It was cheerfully taken, and patiently wrought through; both at Shagarack and in the little valley at home; but those were doing for themselves, and these were truly doing love's work, for them.