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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. 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
ut it, to the discomfiture of Old Baumgartner; and, afterward, they did not speak. Yet, when the loafers at the store laughed, Baumgartner swore that he would, nevertheless, have that pasture before he died. But then, as if fate, too, were against him, the railroad was built, and its station was placed so that the Pressel farm lay directly between it and him, and of course the "life" went more and more in the direction of the station--left him more and more "out of it"--and made him poorer and poorer, and Pressel 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. TER HAD THAT THEY HAD COME TO BLOWS ABOUT IT TO THE DISCOMFITURE OF OLD BOMB GARDENER AND AFTERWARDS THEY DID NOT SPEAK YET WHEN THE LOAFERS AT THE STORE LEFT BOMB GARDENER SWORE THAT HE WOULD NEVERTHELESS HAVE THAT PASTURE BEFORE HE DIED BUT THEN AS IF FATE TOO WERE AGAINST HIM THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT AND THE STATION WAS PLACED SO THAT THE PRESSEL FARM LAY DIRECTLY BETWEEN IT AND HIM AND OF COURSE THE LIFE WENT MORE AND MORE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STATION LEFT HIM MORE AND MORE OUT OF IT AND 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
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