He never said a word till they got near home . Then he heaved a big sigh and said , ` You may not believe it , Stephen , but this is the happiest day of my life ! ' Was n't that like a man ? '' `` I s ` pose poor old Mrs. Job did make life kinder uneasy for him , '' reflected Captain Jim . `` Well , there 's such a thing as decency , is n't there ? Even if a man is rejoicing in his heart over his wife being dead , he need n't proclaim it to the four winds of heaven . And happy day or not , Job Taylor was n't long in marrying again , you might notice . His second wife could manage him . She made him walk Spanish , believe me ! The first thing she did was to make him hustle round and put up a tombstone to the first Mrs. Job -- and she had a place left on it for her own name . She said there 'd be nobody to make Job put up a monument to HER . '' `` Speaking of Taylors , how is Mrs. Lewis Taylor up at the Glen , doctor ? '' asked Captain Jim . `` She 's getting better slowly -- but she has to work too hard , '' replied Gilbert . `` Her husband works hard too -- raising prize pigs , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` He 's noted for his beautiful pigs . He 's a heap prouder of his pigs than of his children . But then , to be sure , his pigs are the best pigs possible , while his children do n't amount to much . He picked a poor mother for them , and starved her while she was bearing and rearing them . His pigs got the cream and his children got the skim milk .
`` There are times , XXXXX , when I have to agree with you , though it hurts me , '' said Captain Jim .
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