world long before you're ready to git married, Posy," said Hannah, who had been listening to the conversation between the children; "he must be nigh onto seventy if he's a day. Well, Tom, who do you intend to marry?"
"If I marry for love," answered Tom, "I shall marry Auntie; but if I marry for money, I shall marry Katie Thomas, because her father's got more money than old Mr. Thornton, and he's got a hundred dollars in the bank."
"Well, I never!" said Hannah; "but I guess I'd better be about my work. I wish that lazy Michael would bring me in some wood. He grows worse every day. I bet he's asleep somewhere,—he usually is asleep when there's anything to be done."
"He's gone to get Major shod," said Tom; "I saw him go down the yard with him."
"There he comes!" said Posy, as a man
