"Those knowledgy folk back along the road who said you were trading yourself out of your patrimony ought to see you put the thing through.

If you ever need work, come to my place out in the new Earthly Eden." "I'll have plenty of work of my own," I said; "but maybe, sometime, I may need to earn a little money.

I'll remember." I stopped at Independence that night; and so did the Gowdy party.

I was on the road before them in the morning, but they soon passed me, Virginia looking wishfully at me as they went by, and Buck Gowdy waving his hand in a way that made me think he must be a little tight--and then they drove on out of sight, and I pursued my slow way wondering why Virginia Royall had asked me so anxiously if I knew any good people who would take in and shelter a friendless girl--and not only take her in, but fight for her.

I could not understand what she had said in any other way.
I had a hard time that day.