Whoever brings your book here may draw out your money.
So put this book in a safe place, and keep a sharp eye on it.

Remember every word I have told you, or we will not be responsible." The old Squire encouraged us to have a nest egg at the bank, and by the end of the year there were seven bank books at the farm, all carefully put away under lock and key, in fact there were nine, counting the two that belonged to our hired men, Asa and Jim Doane.

Acting on the old Squire's exhortation to practise thrift, they vowed that they would lay up a hundred dollars a year from their wages.

The Doanes had worked for us for three or four years.

Asa was a sturdy fellow of good habits; but Jim, his younger brother, had a besetting sin.