Then they were in the wilds again and rattling over another cobblestone trail.
"This 'ere country's nuth'n' but pine woods 'n' cobblestones," sighed old Hucks, as the horses subsided to a walk.

"Lor' knows what would 'a' happened to us without the trees! They saves our grace, so's to speak." "I think the scenery is beautiful," observed Patsy.

"It's so different from other country places." "Not much farming around here, I imagine," said Arthur Weldon.
"More than you'd think, sir," replied Thomas.

"There's certain crops as thrives in stony land, an' a few miles north o' here, towards Huntingdon, the soil's mighty rich 'n' productive.

Things ain't never as bad as they seem in this world, sir," he added, turning his persistently smiling face toward the young man.
Mr.Merrick sat beside the driver on the front seat.