But they make him get his lessons like the rest of them. If it’s alright with you, I’d like to have him helping me on the farm this summer, and th... days he’s not having classes.”“He’s already told me that he wants to drive one of your new tractors.”“I’ve put my name on a lot more land and even an island in the Mississippi, that Jason Skelley owned. I want to start paying some of those off with that money.”“You should let me finance some of the larger farms, and put at least a million of this in. ’”“No, I didn’t think that at all about her. I didn’t know she worked here!”Out of sight, Brad didn’t know that Abby had stopped and peeked around the corner at him. She stared and stared, her heart pounding hard in her chest.Dan and Brad looked over their menus, deciding what to order. Brad knew what he wanted, he wanted to see more of Abby. “You can only eat burgers and fries for so long, besides, you should eat decently throughout the season,” Dan said, as he had decided what he would like. I'm really sorry, going to be at least a few minutes late."Before I could say, "Don't worry about it," there was a knock at my door."Who is it?"There was no answer, just another knock."Is someone at your door?" Yeah, just give me a second here." I hope it's not the police or something. You know they may not like what you're doing on the Internet." It's perfectly legal, I checked."I turned around to make sure everything in the room was in order and that my computer was turned off. I had, of. "Charge! Charge! Charge!" They ran now all in one ragged line, muskets reasonably level, shoulders slightly crouched, some men cursing in German, others in English, a few praying loudly. A brace of cannon balls roared over their heads, and they ducked lower. "Halt! First line, kneel."Matthew looked behind him; there was not any second or third line that he could see. He knelt, almost shoulder-to-shoulder with the men beside him. "Aim low, aim low. Present! Fire!" Matthew saw nothing but smoke.