His sister Maud had made a little "housewife" for him, and filled it with buttons and needles and thread, a gift he did not value, even from her.
"I'm going out West to herd cattle, not to cobble trousers," he said contemptuously.
Jack had a report to make.

"Harry, I've found a chance for you," he said when they were alone.

"There was a man moving to Colorado here on Saturday.

He said he could use you, but of course I had to tell him you couldn't go for a few days.

He's just about to Roseville now.