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Save in one particular, it was like an enemy's beautiful territory lying between one's less beautiful own and the open sea  keeping one a poor inlander who is mad for the seas  whose crops must either pass across the land of his adversary and pay tithes to him, or go by long distances around him at the cost of greater tithes to the soulless owners of the turnpikes  who aggravatingly fix a gate each way to make their tithes more sure. SAVE IN ONE PARTICULAR IT WAS LIKE AN ENEMY'S BEAUTIFUL TERRITORY LYING BETWEEN ONE'S LESS BEAUTIFUL OWN AND THE OPEN SEA KEEPING ONE A POOR INLANDER WHOSE CROPS MUST EITHER PASS ACROSS THE LAND OF HIS ADVERSARY AND PAY TIES TO HIM OR GO BY LONG DISTANCES AROUND HIM AT THE COST OF GREATER TIES TO THE SOULLESS OWNERS OF THE TURNPIKES WHO AGGRAVATINGLY FIX A GAIT EACH WAY TO MAKE THEIR TIES MORE SURE
se gits there first, and it's nossing for the fastnacht but weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth. And mebby the other feller gits considerable happiness--and a good farm." There was complaint in the old man's voice, and they knew that he meant his own son Seffy. To add to their embarrassment, this same son was now appearing over the Lustich Hill--an opportune moment for a pleasing digression. For you must be told early concerning Old Baumgartner's longing for certain lands, tenements and hereditaments--using his own phrase--which were not his own, but which adjoined his. It had passed into a proverb of the vicinage; indeed, though the property in question belonged to one Sarah Pressel, it was known colloquially as "Baumgartner's Yearn." And the reason of it was this: Between his own farm and the public road (and the railroad station when it came) lay the fairest meadow-land farmer's eye had ever rested upon. (I am speaking again for the father of Seffy and with his hyperbole.) NG IT'S NO WAY TO ALWAYS BE LATE EVERYBODY ELSE GETS THERE FIRST AND IT'S NOSING FOR THE THATCHED NIGHT BUT WEEPING WAILING AND THE GNASHING OF TEETH AUNT MEBBE T OTHER FELLOW GETS CONSIDERABLE HAPPINESS AN A GOOD FARM THERE WAS COMPLAINT IN THE OLD MAN'S VOICE AND THEY KNEW THAT HE MET HIS OWN SON SEFFIE TO ADD TO THEIR EMBARRASSMENT THIS SAME SON WAS NOW APPEARING OVER LUTCHUTEEL AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR A PLEASING DIGRESSION FOR YOU MUST BE TOLD EARLY CONSIDERING OLD BAUM GARDENER'S LONGING FOR CERTAIN LANDS TENEMENTS AND HEREDITIMENTS USING HIS OWN PHRASE WHICH WERE NOT HIS OWN BUT WHICH ADJOINED HIS IT HAD PASSED INTO A PROVERB OF THE VISAGE INDEED THOUGH THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION BELONGED TO ONE'S SARAH PRECELL IT WAS KNOWN COLELY AS MOB GARDNER'S YARN AND THE REASON OF IT WAS THIS BETWEEN HIS OWN FARM AND THE PUBLIC ROAD AND THE RAILROAD STATION WHEN IT CAME LAY THE FAIREST METAL END FARMER'S EYE HAD EVER RESTED UPON I AM SPEAKING AGAIN FOR THE FATHER CETHIE AND WITH HIS HYPERBOLE
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