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They spent money like water. There It was this realisation that there was nothing they wanted that they didn't have. They indulged every whim was actually nothing to do that woke and caprice. They enjoyed every min- Mr. Peters up. The waking was gra- ute of it. Toward the end, they had dual. He saw, as though for the first to stop frequently to rest up, because neither was used to such a varied life time, the well-kept buildings of his and their constitutions wouldn't stand farm, the distant acres, the neatly this sort of activity. stacked woodpile, the lake shimmering It was almost a year later that they through the trees. He saw his wife as returned to the farm. Things were she moved back and forth before the pretty much as they had left them. kitchen window. She looked old and The caretaker had done his work well. tired and worn. Mr. Peters remem-

It was as if they never went away. bered her the. day they were married. The day after their return, Mr. Pe- She was pretty then, young and fresh ails and went out to do the milking. ters rose at 4 a.m., donned his over: looking, with a sparkle in her eye. The He fed the stock, greased and oiled the whole countryside thought she'd made mowing machine, harnessed the horse, a good catch in Mr. Peters.

and went in to breakfast.

Agatha had it ready on the _table. Mr. Peters had inherited his great She bustled around while Mr. Peters, farm from his father. Prosperous feeling stiff and sore, sat down to eat. then, it was ten times as prosperous After he had finished, he sat at the now. Two miles of it bordered on a table for a few minutes, which was not

By Stanley Cordell

lovely mountain lake and when five his habit. Curiously, he didn't want to years after his marriage, the lake had get up. But he knew he must. He become a summer resort, Mr. Peters mustn't let Agatha know how soft he sold much of his shore property for was, fabulous amounts.

He tried to rise, clutched at the table Some of the money he put into the for support, and went crashing to the bank. Some he turned back into his floor.. farm.

Dr. Bronson came softly down the Agatha was waiting for him

The farm made more money. Mr. Peters was rich. Rich, yet he only stairs. had one suit of clothes. He worked seven days a week. He hired no one to help his wife.

in the front room.

"Ishe-is-he-"

This thought came to Mr. Peters as

She couldn't go on. Dr. Bronson he stood in his barn door watching the nodded sadly, sympathetically. "It was rain. Ho had no children, nor near his heart. The high living he's been relatives. The only thing he had was indulging in the past year, plus the Yankee tradition, which demanded unusual strain of physical work before thrift and storing by. Mr. Peters had breakfast, was too much for him. Poor been thrifty; he had stored by. Now, Tom. I've known him since we were past middle age, he had a fortune that kids. If he hadn't made the mistake would be inherited by some vague re- of gadding around that way he mighta lation.. He had grown old accumulat lived twenty years more." ing that fortune. He hadn't had time Through her tears Agatha smiled. to pause and enjoy life.

"Oh, doctor, it wasn't a mistake! I'm

And so to-day, for the first time in glad we did it. It was just what we years, because he had nothing to do, needed. You don't know what a com- Mr. Peters thought about these things fort it's going to be for me in the and made, an amazing decision. He years to come to know that Tom woke went through the shed into the kitchen up toward the last and really enjoyed and told Agatha about his decision. himself. She stared at him. She probably

Dr. Bronson was a Yankee like Mr. thought he was crazy. But Mr. Pe- Peters. He didn't understand what ters patiently explained why he had Agatha was driving at. roached his decision. And Agatha, at had an awakening.

He hadn last convinced, said, tears in her eyes;

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What fools we've been!”!

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