People in Dale are paying heavy prices for lumber on account of freight; then the railroad will go through Dale within five years, and they will want sleepers, and--" "Perhaps they won't take them from you, young man." "I have been to Squire Lennox, in Dale; he is the prime mover in the railroad, and will be a director, if not the president; he has given me the refusal of the job." "Where will you get your logs ?" "I have bargained with two parties." "Five years is a long time ahead." "It won't be, if I wait long enough." "You are a damned fool not to borrow the money.

The railroad may go through in another year, and all the standing wood in the county may burn down," said Means, quietly.
"Let it then," said Jerome, looking at him.
The lawyer laughed, silently.
When Jerome went home he had in his pocket a deed of the land, but on the right bank of the brook only, the lawyer having covenanted not to sell or build upon the left bank.

Thus he had enough land upon which to build his mill when he should have saved the money.

He felt nearer Lucina than he had ever done before.

The sanguineness of youth, which is its best stimulant for advance, thrilled through all his veins.