After He
Had Eaten All He Very Well Could, He Hid The Rest Back Of The Curtain
In Quite An At-Home Way.
There was nothing at all wonderful in all
this, except that the squirrel was just from the piney woods where
warm sugar cakes are unknown, so how did he know they were good to
eat?
I was at the saw-mill four days, and then we all came in together and
on bob sleds. There were four mules for each sleigh, so not much
attention was paid to the great depth of snow. Both horses knew when
we got to the bridge and gave Bryant trouble. Every bit of the trail
out had been obliterated by drifting snow, and I still wonder how
these animals recognized the precise spot when the snow was level in
every place.
We found the house in excellent order, and consider our new Chinaman a
treasure. A few days before Faye went to the mill I made some Boston
brown bread. I always make that myself, as I fancy I can make it very
good, but for some reason I was late in getting it on to steam that
day, so when I went to the kitchen to put it in the oven I found a
much-abused Chinaman. When he saw what I was about to do he became
very angry and his eyes looked green. He said, "You no put him in
l'oven." I said, "Yes, Charlie, I have to for one hour." He said, "You
no care workman, you sploil my dee-nee, you get some other boy."
Now Charlie was an excellent servant and I did not care to lose him,
but to take that bread out was not to be considered.
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