CHAPTER L. A MERRY MEETING A SAD ONE
Now the business I had most at heart (as every one knows by this time) was to marry Lorna as soon as might be, if she had no objection, and then to work the farm so well, as to nourish all our family. And herein I saw no difficulty; for Annie would soon be off our hands, and somebody might come and take a fancy to little Lizzie (who was growing up very nicely now, though not so fine as Annie); moreover, we were almost sure to have great store of hay and corn after so much snow, if there be any truth in the old saying,—
“ A foot deep of rain Will kill hay and grain; But three feet of snow Will make them come mo'.”
And although it was too true that we had lost a many cattle, yet even so we had not lost money; for the few remaining fetched such price
