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Adventures in Contentment
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David Grayson
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Hereditaments!
Hereditaments!
Some
words
need
to
be
fenced
in,
pig-tight,
so
that
they
cannot
escape
us;
others
we
prefer
to
have
running
at
large,
indefinite
but
inclusive.
I
would
not
look
up
that
word
for
anything:
I
might
find
it
fenced
in
so
that
it
could
not
mean
to
me
all
that
it
does
now.
Hereditaments!
May
there
be
many
of
them--or
it!
Is
it
not
a
fine
Providence
that
gives
us
different
things
to
love?
In
the
purchase
of
my
farm
both
Horace
and
I
got
the
better
of
the
bargain--and
yet
neither
was
cheated.
In
reality
a
fairly
strong
lantern
light
will
shine
through
Horace,
and
I
could
see
that
he
was
hugging
himself
with
the
joy
of
his
bargain;
but
I
was
content.
I
had
some
money
left--what
more
does
anyone
want
after
a
bargain?--and
I
had
come
into
possession
of
the
thing
I
desired
most
of
all.
Looking
at
bargains
from
a
purely
commercial
point
of
view,
someone
is
always
cheated,
but
looked
at
with
the
simple
eye
both
seller
and
buyer
always
win.
We
came
away
from
the
gravity
of
that
bargaining
in
Horace's
wagon.
On
our
way
home
Horace
gave
me
fatherly
advice
about
using
my
farm.
He
spoke
from
the
height
of
his
knowledge
to
me,
a
humble
beginner.
The
conversation
ran
something
like
this:
HORACE:
Thar's
a
clump
of
plum
trees
along
the
lower
pasture
fence.
Perhaps
you
saw
'm----
MYSELF:
I
saw
them:
that
is
one
reason
I
bought
the
back
pasture.
In
May
they
will
be
full
of
blossoms.
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