Chapter 1
Edmund gobbled down his breakfast and hurried out the door one morning in Spring. It was the day that the new field equipment was to come in and he simply could not wait to try it! He wore his most comfortable work clothes to work that day, a loose-fitting thin cotton shirt that showed his muscles quite flatteringly when he rolled the sleeves, and brown baggy pants with his favorite boots.
"Well, what are you so in a hurry about, today, Edmund?" asked Mrs. Timmins, who was fixing breakfast for her other children.
"New equipment comes in today," he responded hastily, without looking up from his shoe laces, which he was now tying, "Can't be late!"
As he ran out the door, Robert Timmins came down the stairs and found his wife giggling, "Your son is going to end up just like you one day, Robert Timmins!"
"With the prettiest woman he's ever laid eyes on as a wife?" he said as he hugged her around the waist and kissed her.
"With a constant longing to get the job done right, no matter how long your breakfast gets to settle!" she teased.
"Both good qualities, as I see it," he smiled as he kissed Emma once again and then left for the day.