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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. 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
e-field, but the whole of the adjoining farm, with the line fences down, a part of his. The other thing I promised to mention as an aid to this ambition--was Seffy. And, since the said Sarah was of nearly the same age as Seffy, perhaps I need not explain further, except to say that the only obstruction the old man could see now to acquiring the title by marriage was--Seffy himself. He was, and always had been, afraid of girls--especially such aggressive, flirtatious, pretty and tempestuous girls as this Sarah. These things, however, were hereditary with the girl. It was historical, in fact, that, during the life of Sarah's good-looking father, so importunate had been Old Baumgartner for the purchase of at least the meadow--he could not have ventured more at that time--and so obstinate had been the father of the present owner--(he had red hair precisely as his daughter had)--that they had come to blows about it, to the discomfiture of Old Baumgartner; and, afterward, they did not speak. E NOT ONLY THE ELYSIAN PASTURE FIELD BUT THE WHOLE OF THE ADJOINING FARM WITH A LINE OF FENCES DOWN A PART OF HIS THE OTHER THING I PROMISED TO MENTION AS AN AID TO THIS AMBITION WAS STUFFY AND SINCE THE SAID SARA WAS NEARLY OF THE SAME AGE AS STUFFY PERHAPS I NEED NOT EXPLAIN FURTHER EXCEPT TO SAY THAT THE ONLY OBSTRUCTION THE OLD MAN COULD SEE NOW TO ACQUIRING THE TITLE BY MARRIAGE WAS STUFFY HIMSELF HE WAS AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN AFRAID OF GIRLS ESPECIALLY AGGRESSIVE FLIRTATIOUS PRETTY AND TEMPTUOUS GIRLS AS THIS SARA THESE THINGS HOWEVER WERE HEREDITARY WITH THE GIRL IT WAS HISTORICAL IN FACT THAT DURING THE LIFE OF SARA'S GOOD LOOKING FATHER SO IMPERTINENT HAD OLD BAUMGARDNER BEEN FOR THE PURCHASE OF AT LEAST THE MEADOW HE COULD NOT HAVE VENTURED MORE THAN THAT AT THE TIME AND SO OBSTINATE HAD BEEN THE FATHER OF THE PRESENT OWNER HE HAD RED HAIR PRECISELY AS HIS DAUGHTER HAD THAT THEY HAD COME TO BLOWS ABOUT IT TO THE DISCOMFITURE OF OLD BOMB GARDENER AND AFTERWARDS THEY DID NOT SPEAK
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