"Would it be the
old case of 'I furnish the bread and you furnish the water'?"
"No," said Peter Morrison, "it would not. Henry is doing mighty
well. I guarantee that he would furnish a cow that would produce
real cream."
"How joyous!" said Linda. "I feel quite competent to manage the
bread question. We'll call that settled then. When I next cast
an appraising eye over my beloved valley, I shan't select the
choicest spot in it for Peter Morrison to write a book in; and I
want to warn you people when you go hunting to keep a mile away
from Marian's plot. She has had her location staked from
childhood and has worked on her dream house until she has it all
ready to put the ice in the chest and scratch the match for the
living room fire-logs. The one thing she won't ever tell is
where her location is, but wherever it is, Peter Morrison, don't
you dare take it."
"I wouldn't for the world," said Peter Morrison gravely. "If
Miss Thorne will tell me even on which side of the valley her
location lies, I will agree to stay on the other side."
"Well there is one thing you can depend upon," said the
irrepressible Linda before Marian had time to speak. "It is sure
to be on the sunny side. Every living soul in California is
looking for a place in the sun."
"Then I will make a note of it," said Peter Morrison. "But isn't
there enough sun in all this lovely valley that I may have a
place in it too?"
"You go straight ahead and select any location you like," said
Marian.
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