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1、HISDOGHISDOGByALBERTPAYSONTERHUNE19221HISDOGCHAPTERI.TheDerelictLinkFerriswasafighter.Notbynature,norbychoice,buttokeepalive.Hisbattlegroundcoveredanareaoffortyacres--broken,scrubby,uncertainside-hillacres,atthat.Inbrief,aworked-outfarmamongthemountainsl
2、opesoftheNorthJerseyhinterland;sixmilesfromthenearestrailroad.ThefarmwasFerris's,byrightofsoleheritagefromhisfather,aCivil-Warveteran,whohadtakenupthewildernesslandin1865andwho,forthirtyyearsthereafter,hadwroughttomakeitpay.AtbesttheelderFerrishadwrenche
3、donlyameagerlivingfromthelightandrock-infestedsoil.Thefirst-growthtimberonthewestwoodlotforsometimehadstavedofftheneedofamortgage;itsveteranoaksandhickoriesgrimlygivinguptheirlives,inhundreds,tokeepthewolffromthedooroftheirowner.Whenthelastofthesalableti
4、mberwasgoneOldManFerristriedhishandattruckfarming,andsoldhiswaresfromawagontothedenizensofCraigswold,thenewcolonyofrichfolk,fourmilestonorthward.ButtoraisesuchvegetablesandfruitsaswouldtempttheeyesandthepursesofCraigswoldpeopleitwasnecessarytohavemoretha
5、nmerezealandindustry.Sourgroundwillnotreadilyyieldsweetabundance,bethetoilereversoindustrious.Moreover,therewaslargeandgrowingcompetition,intheformofotherhucksterroutes.Andpresentlytheoldveteranweariedoftheeternaluphillstruggle.Hemortgagedthefarm,dyingso
6、onafterward.AndLink,hisson,waslefttocarryonthethanklesstask.LinkFerriswasasmuchapartoftheFerrisfarmaswasthegiantbowlderinthesouthmowing.Hehadbeenborninthepaintlessshackwhichhisfatherhadbuiltwithhisownrheumatichands.Hehadworkedformorethanaquartercentury,i
7、nandoutofthehillfieldsandtheramshacklebarns.Frombabyhoodhehadtoiledthere.Scanthadbeenthe2HISDOGchancesforschooling,andmorescanthadbeentheopportunitiesforoutsideinfluence.Wherefore,Linkhadgrowntoawirilyweedyandslouchingmanhood,almostasignorantoftheworldbe
8、yondhismountainwallsaswereanyofhisown"critters."Hislifewasboundedbyfruitlesslabor,variedonlybysuchsleepandfoodasmightfithimtolabortheharder.Heateandslept,thathemightbeabletowork.Andheworked,thathemightbeabletoeatandsleep.B
