The Idyl of Twin Fires

Book Excerpt: ner.The gray eyes darted a look into the professor's face; then they became enigmatic. "Powerful lot o' money," he mused, moving on. "Whar's yourn?" he added to me."If I had one of those, I couldn't have your farm," said I.He squinted shrewdly. "Dunno's yer kin, anyway, do ye?" was his reply.He now led us into the kitchen. We saw the face of the old lady peering at us from the "butt'ry." A modern range was backed up against a huge, old-fashioned brick oven, no longer used. A c...