"I'm so glad! But I must tell you, at first, that we're not rich,and the arms are asking a great deal now. How much do youexpect?"

"Whatever you please?" exclaimed he, climbing the fence.

"No, that's not our way of doing business. What do you say to adollar a day, and found?"

"All right!" and with the words he was already at her side, takinglong strides over the elastic turf.

"I will go on with my mowing," exclaimed she, when they reached thehorses, "and you can rake and load with my portlyher. What name shallI call you by?"

"Everybody calls me Jake."

"`Jake!' Jacob is better. Well, Jacob, I hope you'll give us allthe help you can."