A Land Remembered, Volume 2 by Patrick D Smith

Author:Patrick D Smith [Smith, Patrick D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Published: 2001-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

“I don’t know what we’d ever do with land here,” Glenda said, “but I guess buying it would be better than carrying coins all the way back to the hammock.”

They chose an area beneath a thick growth of coconut palms to make camp, and Sol immediately shinnied up the thin trunk of one tree, trying to reach the green nuts.

Glenda shouted up to him, “Come down from there, Sol! You’re not a monkey!”

“Sometimes it seems he is,” Zech said. “While you’re trying to get him back on the ground I’ll walk over to the store and ask about the trees.”

“Could you buy something there for us to eat? It’s just too hot right now to build a fire and cook.”

“I’ll see what they got,” Zech replied, walking off.

The storekeeper was a short fat man in his late forties, wearing a huge straw hat and brown leather sandals with no socks. His thin cotton clothes hung loose over his body and looked more like pajamas than a shirt and pants.

Zech entered and said to him, “Howdy. Name’s Zech MacIvey.”

“Sam Potter. I seen you come in with that rig. You drive it all the way down here or did the wind blow you in from sommers?”

“Drove it from Palm Beach. And before that, the Kissimmee River.”

“You got guts. What can I do for you?”

“I’m interested in buying orange trees.”

“Got caught by the freeze, eh? We heard about it. Felt real sorry for you people. How many trees you got in mind?”

“How much they cost?”

“Can let you have cuttins for five cents each. Trees cost a quarter. When the trees are bigger you can make your own cuttins.”

“I’m not interested in nothing but trees. Cows eat them cuttins right up. I’ll take eight thousand trees for a start.”

“How many?”

“Eight thousand to begin with, and as many more as I can get ever month or so. I aim to end up with about ten thousand acres in trees.”

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