The Man With the Hoe a Picture of American Farm Life As It is to Day
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" Don't misunderstand me, Lele, " he went on. " It is not farming that I dislike, but unsuccessful farm- ing ; ' not labor, but the degradation of labor. ' I love outdoor life, and especially the free life on the farm with your favorite animals about you. No one loves Nature better than I do, or horses, or the sight of green things growing. I do not think successful farm- ing would be a hard life for any one. It suits me after all, far better than a profession that would keep me indoors. To be ...a really independent farmer is what I should prefer above everything. And I mean to be one yet, if I live long enough. ' 1 He smiled with ill-feigned hopefulness, (which sent THE MAN AND THE HOE. 3! I a dagger of pain through his listener's heart, ) and swung the hoe over his shoulder. A moment later he was out in the hot sunshine, had crossed the barnyard fence and was going swiftly down the meadow over the crisp, brown stubble. A covey of young quails fled in a dozen directions through the weeds at his approach.
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