He had no dread of being turned out before he could get it back.

Nothing like a lease--the certain preventative of all agricultural ills.

There was, to appearance, a great deal of truth in these arguments, which in their day made much impression, and caused a movement in that direction.

Who could foresee that in a few short years men would be eager to get rid of their leases on any terms?
Yet such was the fact.

The very men who had longed so eagerly for the blessing of security of tenure found it the worst thing possible for their interest.
Mr.Smith got his lease, and paid for it tolerably stiffly, for at that period all agricultural prices were inflated--from the price of a lease to that of a calf.