Enough to last for the winter.
_RAUCHHAUPT has come out of the little gate. He faces the wind,
shades his eyes with his hand and peers around._
RAUCHHAUPT
Lord A'mighty! Well, well! Things is goin' the queerest way to-day! When
is they comin' back--them Fielitzes?
LANGHEINRICH
That ain't goin' to be so very soon to-day. They've gone to buy a
seven-day clock, a regulator. What are you upset about to-day?
RAUCHHAUPT
Wha'? Fielitz goin' to buy that kind of a clock? I don't believe's he c'n
survive that. [_Calls._] Gustav!
LANGHEINRICH
Ain't he come back yet? I guess he's listenin' to the bells. You know how
he sits an' listens when they ring.
RAUCHHAUPT
I don't know. Things is goin' queer to-day. Mrs. Fielitz sent for him to
come over. Horseradish seed is what she said she wanted. An' then she
goes an' leaves for the city.
[_Exit, shaking his head._
EDE
They been stalkin' about since four o'clock in the mornin'. Up an' down
they went with their bull's-eye lantern. I don't believe they went to bed
at all.
LANGHEINRICH
Well, if Fielitz has gone to buy a clock you can't expect him to eat or
drink or sleep.
RAUCHHAUPT
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