He was at the foot of a long, steep hill in the woods.

He was going to walk up.

Oliver remained in the sleigh, and rode.

When they reached the top, Jonas got in again, and they rode on.
"But then, Jonas," said Oliver, "there is one thing to be thought of, and that is, that rich men's sons will not have to work when they grow up; and so they don't need so much to grow industrious." "O, yes, they will," said Jonas.
"Why, Josey told me that he didn't expect to work when he should be a man." "No, he doesn't _expect_ to work, but he'll find that it is different from what he had expected, when he grows up." "How ?" said Oliver.
"Why, a great many rich men's boys find, when they get to be twenty-one, that they have to go out into the world, and earn their own living, without any money." "Why ?" said Oliver; "won't their fathers give them any money ?" "Their fathers cannot generally give them enough to support them," said Jonas, "even if they are disposed to do it; because, you see, they have their own families still to support.

Besides, if they were to divide their property at once among all their children, it would only be a small portion for each one.