"He draws the lease, does he? Then look
at it with a microscope."
Walter laughed.
"I should not like to encounter him on his own ground. But here he is a
fish out of water; he must be. However, I will pass my eye over it.
Where the farmer generally over-reaches us, if he draws the lease, is in
the clauses that protect him on leaving. He gets part possession for
months without paying rent, and he hampers and fleeces the incoming
tenant, so that you lose a year's rent or have to buy him out. Now, let
me see, that will be at the end of the document--No; it is exceedingly
fair, this one."
"Show it to our man of business, and let him study every line. Set an
attorney to catch an attorney."
"Of course I shall submit it to our solicitor," said Walter.
This was done, and the experienced practitioner read it very carefully.
He pronounced it unusually equitable for a farmer's lease.
"However," said he, "we might suggest that he does _all_ the repairs and
draining, and that you find the materials; and also that he insures all
the farm buildings.
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