Chapter 12 SOMETHING ABOUT A PASTURE FENCE

That afternoon Hiram hitched up the old horse and drove into town.

He went to see the lawyer who had transacted Uncle Jeptha Atterson's small business in the old man's lifetime, and had made his will-Mr. Strickland. Hiram judged that this gentleman would know as much about the Atterson place as anybody.

"No-Mr. Atterson never said anything to