with pillows from our own geese in Bohemie.
See, Jim?" She pointed to the narrow bunk
which Krajiek had built against the wall for
himself before the Shimerdas came.

Grandmother sighed. "Sure enough, where
_would_ you sleep, dear! I don't doubt you're
warm there. You'll have a better house after
while, Antonia, and then you'll forget these
hard times."

Mr. Shimerda made grandmother sit down
on the only chair and pointed his wife to a
stool beside her. Standing before them with
his hand on Antonia's shoulder, he talked in
a low tone, and his daughter translated. He
wanted us to know that they were not beg-
gars in the old country; he made good wages,
and his family were respected there. He left
Bohemia with more than a thousand dollars
in savings, after their passage money was
paid. He had in some way lost on exchange
in New York, and the railway fare to Ne-
braska was more than they had expected.
By the time they paid Krajiek for the land,
and bought his horses and oxen and some old
farm machinery, they had very little money
left. He wished grandmother to know, how-
ever, that he still had some money. If they

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