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Shestoppedandstaredathim。“Jim-GordonSanford!“
“Fact!Icanproveit。“Hepattedhisbreastpocketmysteriously。
“Tenthousandrightthere。“
“Gracioussakesalive!Howdareyou’carrysomuchmoney？“
“I’mmightyglado’thechance。“Hegrinned。
Theywalkedonalmostinsilence，withonlyawordnowandthen。
Sheseemedtobethinkingdeeply，andhedidn’twanttodisturbher。Itwasadeliciousspringhour。Thesnowwasallgone，evenunderthehedges。Theroadswerewarmandbrown。Theredsunwasfloodingthevalleywithamisty，rich-coloredlight，andagainsttheorangeandgoldoftheskythehillsstoodinTyrianpurple。Wagonswererattlingalongtheroad。Menonthefarmsintheedgeofthevillagecouldbeheardwhistlingattheirwork。A
discordantjangleofaneighboringfarmer’ssupperbellannouncedthatitwastime“toturnout。“
Sanfordwasalmostasgayasalover。Heseemedtobeonthepointofregaininghisoldplaceinhiswife’srespect。Somehowthepossessionofthepackageofmoneyinhispocketseemedtomakehimmoreworthyofher，toputhimmoreonanequalitywithher。
Astheyreachedthelittleone-storysquarecottagehesatdownontheporch，wheretheredlightfellwarmly，andrompedwiththechildren，whilehiswifewentinandtookoffherthings。She“keptagirl“now，sothattheworkofgettingsupperdidnotdevolveentirelyuponher。Shecameoutsoontocallthemalltothesuppertableinthelittlekitchenbackofthesittingroom。
Thechildrenwerewildwithdelighttohave“Poppa“back，andthemealwasthemerriesttheyhadhadforalongtime。Thedoorsandwindowswereopen，andthespringeveningaircamein’ladenwiththesweet，suggestivesmellofbareground。Thealertchuckleofanoccasionalrobincouldbeheard。
Mrs。Sanfordlookedupfromhertea。“There’sonethingIdon’tlike，Jim，andthat’sthewaythatmoneycomes。Youdidn’t-youdidn’treallyearnit。“
“Oh’don’tworryyourselfaboutthat。That’sthewaythingsgo。It’sjustluck。“
“Well，Ican’tseeitjustthatway。Itseemstomejust-likegambling。Youwin’but-butsomebodyelsemustlose。“
“Ohwell，looka-here；ifyougotolookin’toosharpintothingslikethat，you’llfindagood’ealofanybusinesslikegamblin’。“
Shesaidnomore，butherfaceremainedclouded。OnthewaydowntothestoretheymetLincoln。
“Comedowntothestore，Link，andbringJoe。Iwanttotalkwithyeh。“
Lincolnstared，butsaid，“Allright
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