? ? ? ? "Is he ready for college?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, he could enter at the next commencement but for the financial problem."
? ? ? ? "I never had any taste for college, or study, as you know, Mr. Canfield. It is different with my friend Rodney, who is a Latin and Greek scholar."
? ? ? ? The minister regarded Rodney with new interest.
? ? ? ? "Do you think of going to college, Mr. Ropes?" he asked.
? ? ? ? "Not at present. I am going back to Montana with Mr. Pettigrew. Perhaps he and I will both go to college next year."
? ? ? ? "Excuse me," said Jefferson Pettigrew. "Latin and Greek ain't in my line. I should make a good deal better miner than minister."
? ? ? ? "It is not desirable that all should become ministers or go to college," said Mr. Canfield. "I suspect from what I know of you, Jefferson, that you judge yourself correctly. How long shall you stay in Burton?"
? ? ? ? "I expect to go away tomorrow."
? ? ? ? "Your visit is a brief one."
? ? ? ? "Yes, I intended to stay longer, but I begin to be homesick after the West."
? ? ? ? "Do you expect to make your permanent home there?"
? ? ? ? "I can't tell as to that.
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