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CHAPTER XXIV. THE REVELATION
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Winston's harvesting prospered1 as his sowing had done, for by day the bright sunshine shone down on standing2 wheat and lengthening3 rows of sheaves. It was in the bracing4 cold of sunrise the work began, and the first pale stars were out before the tired men and jaded5 horses dragged themselves home again. Not infrequently it happened that the men wore out the teams and machines, but there was no stoppage then, for fresh horses were led out from the corral or a new binder6 was ready. Every minute was worth a dollar, and Winston, who had apparently7 foreseen and provided for everything, wasted none.
Then, for wheat is seldom stacked in that country, as the days grew shorter and the evenings cool, the smoke of the big thrasher streaked8 the harvest field, and the wagons9 went jolting10 between humming separator and granary, until the later was gorged11 to repletion12 and the wheat was stored within a willow13 framing beneath the chaff14 and straw that streamed from the chute of the great machine. Winston had around him the best men that dollars could hire, and
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repletion
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steadily
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uneven
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ironical
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penury
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