"
"She licks me," Frank appeared to answer.
"I am sorry. What does she lick you with?"
"With a broomstick."
Frank looked foolish and there was a general laugh.
"I hope she doesn't treat you so badly very often, sir."
"Yes, she does, every day," was the answer. "If she knowed I was
up here telling you, she'd beat me awful."
"In that case, sir, I won't be cruel enough to keep you here any
longer. Take my advice, sir, and get a divorce."
"So I will, by hokey!"
And Frank, amid hearty laughter, resumed his seat, not having uttered
a word, the professor being responsible for the whole conversation.
CHAPTER XXIV
HARRY'S LETTER
During Harry's absence, the little household at Granton had got
along about as usual. They lived from hand to mouth. It required
sharp financiering to provide food and clothes for the little
family.
There was one neighbor who watched their progress sharply and this
was Squire Green. It will be remembered that he had bound Mr. Walton
to forfeit ten dollars, if, at the end of six months, he was not
prepared to pay the forty dollars and interest which he had agreed
to pay for the cow. It is a proof of the man's intense meanness
that, though rich while his neighbor was poor, he was strongly in
hopes that the latter would incur the forfeit and be compelled to
pay it.
One morning Squire Green accosted Mr.
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