I wish you'd look it over. It's a
long one, but not complicated, as near as I can make out. Trace
seems to have acquired this tract mostly from the original
homesteaders and the like, who, of course, take title direct from
the government. But naturally there are a heap of them, and I want
you to look it over to be sure everything's shipshape."
"All right," agreed Taylor, reaching for the papers.
"One other thing," concluded Orde, uncrossing his legs. "I want
this investment to get no further than the office door. You see,
this is for Bobby, and I've given a lot of thought to that sort of
thing; and nothing spoils a man sooner than to imagine the thing's
all cut and dried for him, and nothing keeps him going like the
thought that he's got to rustle his own opportunities. You and I
know that. Bobby's going to have the best education possible; he's
going to learn to be a lumberman by practical experience, and that
practical experience he'll get with other people. No working for
his dad in Bobby's, I can tell you. When he gets through college,
I'll get him a little job clerking with some good firm, and he'll
have a chance to show what is in him and to learn the business from
the ground up, the way a man ought to.
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