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The develop nature In addition to a capacity for food which placed the Reeds a the world's marvels they were of a slowness of moveh the , it was to see one or the other resting fro the windlass

The well deepened by inches rather than feet while Wallie sweated, and his suspicion gradually beca the work purposely It seeh exercise to keep them in condition

His antipathy had becoht hi to hate John, who obbled at the end of the table, or Rufus, shovelling opposite hiain, as they came at a trot in response to his dinner call, he visualized hi them with the axe as they entered, and found pleasure in the picture

If hatred generated a poison in the system as asserted, Wallie had a notion that his bite would have been as fatal as a cobra's

His feeling reached a point where the well became of secondary importance To find a way to rid hihts constantly, but there see to do but endure the to the contract, so he went on suffering and cooking with all the grace he could muster

Yet as the hole deepened he could not help a certain feeling of pride in it The sense of possession was a strong trait in him, and this was his well on his holow of ownership when he looked at his cabin and his fence, even at his dry cow and his locoed horses, and once he had a ith a curb over it! Wallie always expanded his chest a little as he thought of it

Heover the edge and called down, Rufus always replied to his inquiry: "I don't see any indications yet but I look for it to coush e do strike it"

When they reached sixty-eight feet and there was still no sign of ate the contract

"No, sir!" Rufus declared, vigorously "I've staked in'"