-- Come!" Again the other's hands slipped off the wheel, and again were put back.
"We're goin' to do without larnin' here," said he.

"Lost our schoolmaster." "That fellow Dolts gone ?" "Last week." "What's the matter ?" "The place and him didn't fit somewheres, I s'pose; at least I don't know what 'twas if 'twa'n't that." "What are you going to do ?" "Play marbles, I guess, -- till some one comes along." "Well, my hands 'll be too cold to play marbles, if I sit here much longer," said Mr.Landholm laughing.

"Good day to ye!" And the wheel unclogged, they drove on..