"I told you. From you, mostly," explained the girl, "and from watching my
friends. Go on Daddy! And send Rogers back soon! I want to begin buying
radish seed and onion sets."
So Leslie telephoned Douglas Bruce that she would be very busy with
housekeeping affairs the coming two days. She made a list of what would be
required for that day, left the maids to collect it, and went to buy seeds
and a few tools; then returning she divided her forces and leaving part to
pack the bedding, old dishes and things absolutely required for living,
she took the loaded car and drove to Atwater Lake.
The owner of the land, a cultured, refined gentleman, who spoke the same
brand of English used by the Wintons, and evinced a knowledge of the same
books, was genuinely interested in Leslie and her plans. It was a land
owner's busiest season, but he spared a man an hour with a plow to turn up
the garden, and came down himself and with practiced hand swung the
scythe, and made sure about the snakes. Soon the maids had the cabin walls
swept, the floors scrubbed, the windows washed, and that was all that
could be done.
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