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Adventures in Contentment
·
David Grayson
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Talk
of
joy:
there
may
be
things
better
than
beef
stew
and
baked
potatoes
and
home-made
bread--there
may
be--
VII
AN
ARGUMENT
WITH
A
MILLIONNAIRE
"Let
the
mighty
and
great
Roll
in
splendour
and
state,
I
envy
them
not,
I
declare
it.
I
eat
my
own
lamb,
My
own
chicken
and
ham,
I
shear
my
own
sheep
and
wear
it.
I
have
lawns,
I
have
bowers,
I
have
fruits,
I
have
flowers.
The
lark
is
my
morning
charmer;
So
you
jolly
dogs
now,
Here's
God
bless
the
plow--
Long
life
and
content
to
the
farmer."
----Rhyme
on
an
old
pitcher
of
English
pottery.
I
have
been
hearing
of
John
Starkweather
ever
since
I
came
here.
He
is
a
most
important
personage
in
this
community.
He
is
rich.
Horace
especially
loved
to
talk
about
him.
Give
Horace
half
a
chance,
whether
the
subject
be
pigs
or
churches,
and
he
will
break
in
somewhere
with
the
remark:
"As
I
was
saying
to
Mr.
Starkweather--"
or,
"Mr.
Starkweather
says
to
me--"
How
we
love
to
shine
by
reflected
glory!
Even
Harriet
has
not
gone
unscathed;
she,
too,
has
been
affected
by
the
bacillus
of
admiration.
She
has
wanted
to
know
several
times
if
I
saw
John
Starkweather
drive
by:
"the
finest
span
of
horses
in
this
country,"
she
says,
and
"did
you
see
his
daughter?"
Much
other
information
concerning
the
Starkweather
household,
culinary
and
otherwise,
is
current
among
our
hills.
We
know
accurately
the
number
of
Mr.
Starkweather's
bedrooms,
we
can
tell
how
much
coal
he
uses
in
winter
and
how
many
tons
of
ice
in
summer,
and
upon
such
important
premises
we
argue
his
riches.
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