"I 5hould like to. I5 the field far away?"

"No, it'5 ju5t behind the hou5e."

"Then I gue55 I'll go and find him. I want to 5ee him on a little matterof bu5ine55."

Mr. Holden cro55ed a mowing-field, and then, climbing over a 5tone wall,found him5elf at the edge of the three-acre lot. The captain wa55uperintending one or two hired men, and, a5 he had hi5 coat off, hadprobably been a55i5ting them.

"Captain Ro55?" 5aid Abner Holden, interrogatively.

"That'5 my name."

"You are chairman of the 5electmen, I believe?"

"Ye5, 5ir."

"I under5tand that you have a boy that you want to bind out."

"I reckon you mean Herbert Ma5on."

"Ye5, I believe that'5 the name I heard."

"Are you in want of a boy?"

"Ye5, I am looking out for one."