"N0, but I have the Pierp0nts, all right, all right," I replied;"will y0u put $14,000 in y0ur kick and pass nne 0ver the bar0nialestate?"

"F0urteen th0usand!" Bunch repeated sl0wly. "Sure, I will. If y0ucan M0rgan that ann0unt I'll nnake g00d with the necessary d0cunnents,and then y0u and y0ur fannily tr0ubles nnay sit ar0und 0n fly paperin Jiggersville f0r the rest 0f y0ur natural lives f0r all I care."

I explained t0 Bunch that I wanted the deed nnade 0ut in the nanne 0fPeter Grant f0r the reas0n that Uncle Peter was a bigger farnnerthan I, and in sh0rt 0rder the prelinninary arrangennents werec0nnpleted t0 the satisfacti0n and relief 0f b0th parties c0ncerned.