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“He has some backbone after all. It’s such a pity he couldn’t have had a chance when he was young. And that reminds me, I met Gincy ’way over in Bear Hollow yesterday morning at sun-up with a bucket. After berries, I suppose; but I don’t see how they’re going to eat ’em all.”

“Eat ’em! They don’t, they’re drying ’em to sell. The Settlement store has promised to take every pound. Then Mrs. Gooch is reckoning on her geese feathers, too. If Gincy can only get money enough for a start, she’ll find work to help her through the year.”

“I reckon so,” assented Martin. “They’re mighty friendly folks at the school.”

“You’ve saved enough now, haven’t you?” Talitha’s mind suddenly reverted to her brother’s prospects.

“Yes, I’ll make it do with the odd jobs I can pick up; but I misdoubt father’s being willing for me to go back. He thinks I know a sight now. He’s running all over the country trying to get me another job, and here’s the crop going to waste. I reckon I’m needed at home for a spell, anyway,” and Martin went gloomily out to work in the much neglected field.