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And it was for these things, all of which were known (for Baumgartner had not a single secret) that the company at the store detected the personal equation in Old Baumgartner's communications. AND IT WAS FOR THESE THINGS ALL OF WHICH WERE KNOWN FOR BOMB GARDENER HAD NOT A SINGLE SECRET THAT THE COMPANY OF THE STORE DETECTED THE PERSONAL EQUATION IN OLD BOMB GARDENER'S COMMUNICATIONS
l richer and richer. And, when the store laughed at _that_, Baumgartner swore that he would possess half of the farm before he died; and as Pressel and his wife died, and Seffy grew up, and as he noticed the fondness of the little red-headed girl for his little tow-headed boy, he added to his adjuration that he would be harrowing that whole farm before _he_ died,--_without paying a cent for it_! But both Seffy and Sally had grown to a marriageable age without anything happening. Seffy had become inordinately shy, while the coquettish Sally had accepted the attentions of Sam Pritz, the clerk at the store, as an antagonist more worthy of her, and in a fashion which sometimes made the father of Seffy swear and lose his temper--with Seffy. Though, of course, in the final disposition of the matter, he was sure that no girl so nice as Sally would marry such a person as Sam Pritz, with no extremely visible means of support--a salary of four dollars a week, and an odious reputation for liquor. MADE HIM POOR AND POORER AND PRESSELL RICHER AND RICHER AND WHEN THE STORE LAUGHED AT THAT BAUM GARDENER SWORE THAT HE WOULD POSSESS HALF THE FARM BEFORE HE DIED AND AS PRECELL AND HIS WIFE DIED AND SEPPY GREW UP AND AS HE NOTICED THE FONDNESS OF THE LITTLE RED HEADED GIRL FOR HIS LITTLE TOWHEADED BOY HE ADDED TO HIS ADJURATION THAT HE WOULD BE HARROWING THAT WHOLE FARM BEFORE HE DIED WITHOUT PAYING A CENT FOR IT BUT BOTH SEFFIE AND SALLIE HAD GROWN TO A MARRIAGEABLE AGE WITHOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING SEFFIE HAD BECOME INORDINATELY SHY WHY THE COQUETTISH SALLIE HAD ACCEPTED THE ATTENTIONS OF SAM PRITZ THE CLERK AT THE STORE AS AN ANTAGONIST MORE WORTHY OF HER AND IN A FASHION WHICH SOMETIMES MADE THE FATHER SEFFIE SWEAR LOSE HIS TEMPER WITH SEVIE THOUGH OF COURSE IN THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE MATTER HE WAS SURE THAT NO GIRL SO NICE AS SALLY WOULD MARRY SUCH A PERSON AS SAM PRITZ WITH NO EXTREMELY VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT A SALARY OF FOUR DOLLARS A WEEK AND AN ODIOUS REPUTATION FOR LIQUOR
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