But Reuben did it because he was not going to be beaten in any respect by his land. He was not going to accept defeat in the slightest instance. So he blew up[Pg 51] the stumps, tidied the ground, and spread manureand more manureand yet more manure.
ONE:"Aye, aye, so do I," said the young man, evidently agitated; "butlet us talk no more of it."
