Hiram the Young Farmer

day morning-Sister saw to that. Sh

gging about the kitchen or dining-room when he went to bed, and she

ster; but the much harassed lady had never learned to make her o

ning to the "institution" from which Mrs. Atterson had taken her. And Sister's othe

she had been dressed in an ugly uniform, and the girls h

to Hiram. "He was a lawyer gentleman, the matron

ad died and perhaps there would be some money coming to me. But it couldn't hav

the institution one round of ice-cream soda, and he laffed, he did. And he said yes-j

out of bed and hung me out of the window by my wrists, till I thought my arms would be pulled right out of the sockets. They was awful cruel-them girls. But when I ax

yer ever returned to make further inquiries about the orphan. Somebody really had died who was of kin to the girl, but through some error th

It was the beginning of a new week, indeed, to him. He had turned over a new leaf of

er boarders, and Mrs. Atterson served him some br

ssing about, between dining-room and kitchen. "I sent her out ten minutes ago for

the young fellow. "The train'

f his breakfast, swallowed t

at once to the Atterson farm. There were matters which he desired to look into in addit

arden truck. He walked about the town and saw the quality of the residences

tors of these each owned a farm; but they told Hiram that it was necessary for them to buy muc

son place with a view to farming it for its new owner. When he walked out of the store he found

with the farm old Jeptha left her?" in

what we shall do with it,

her

r-can't tell till I've

the man, quickly. "I come near

waited for him to speak again. He did not wish to b

s' Atterson would sell for

dvised not to s

o b

ckland, t

t-and give her a good p

er a good price?" a

ed dollars,"

think she would sell for that p

a woman trying to run a farm. And if she has to pay for everything to be done,

to her," returned Hiram, "coolly, if it

epper. Mebbe I'll be out to see her

f I decide to take the job of making this farm pay, I'm going to have the agreement in black and white wi

had made some enquiries, and had decided to stop at a neighbor's for overnight, inste

cutting across the fields, he came into the dooryard of the Pollock place. A well-grown boy, not much older tha

i said, holding out his hand with a

ut awkwardly took

me-Henry Pollock-when t

ike to have my name cut off short, either. My name's Hiram Strong. So

ing hands again. "You going to live a

ting down beside the boy. "You see, I've

ou can see the roof if you s

of the early sunset, he caught

cle Jeptha left it to?" asked Henry, with pard

Hiram, showing that he had Yankee blood in

couldn't do much the last few years, and them Dickersons who far

do," said Hiram, slowly. "And of course I can't do that to-n

er we do," r

r folks will put

say your name was? Come right in," added