And so, in as sudden a fashion as he had granted the "month's trial," did Jed grant the permanent tenure of his property.

The question of rent, which might easily have been, with the ordinary sort of landlord, a rock in the channel, turned out to be not even a pebble.

Captain Hunniwell, who was handling the business details, including the making out of the lease, was somewhat troubled.
"But, Jed," he protested, "you've GOT to listen to me.

She won't pay forty a month, although she agrees with me that for a furnished house in a location like this it's dirt cheap.

Of course she's takin' it for all the year, which does make consider'ble difference, although from May to October, when the summer folks are here, I could get a hundred and forty a month just as easy as.