Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-16

OF tables aho renches, an>i 10 put DIP
shelves, which would do until regular cup
boards and closets could be made.
Hot as the weather now was, the boys
worked necessarily at their carpenterins
for the next week, and at the end had
the satisfaction OF seeing a large table
for dining at in the sitting room and
small one to act as a sideboard, two long
benches and two short ones. In their
mother and sisters rooms there were
table and two benches and table and
long flap to serve as a dresser in the
kitchen. They had also put up two long
shelves in each of the bedrooms and some
nails on the doors for dresses. They were
very tired at the end of the week, but
they looked round with a satisfied look,
for they knew they had done their best.
They were up long before daylight and
went down to the stream, where as day
broke they managed to shoot swan and
five wild ducks, and with these they re-
turned to the house. Then they swept
the place with the greatest care, spread
the table, arranged the benches, set eV-
erything off to the best advantage, and
then devoted their whole energies to
cooking a very excellent breakfast. This
was just ready when, from the lookout
on the tower, they saw the party app
preaching. They were at the gate as
they rode up.
"Hurrah, hurrah!' they shouted, and
the girls set up a cheer in return.
The men ran up to take the horses, and
in another minute the whole party were
in their new home. The girls raced ev-
erywhere, wild with delight, assembled to
the lookout, clapped their hands at the
sight of the sheep and cattle, and could
hardly be persuaded to take their things
off and sit down to breakfast.
Mrs Hardy was less loud in her COM
mendation of everything, but she was
greatly pleased with her new home which
was very much more finished and COM
Portable than she had expected.
This is fupn, mamma, isn't it,! Maud
said. sit is just like a picnic. How we
shall enjoy it, to be sure! May we set to
at once after breakfast, and wash up?"
Certainly, Maud; Sarah will not be
here for another two hours, and it is as
we'll that you should begin to make your
selves useful at once. We shall all have
to be upon our mettle, too. See how nice
ly the boys have cooked the breakfast.
These ducks are excellent, and the NUT
ton chops done to a turn. They will have
great laugh at us, if we, the professed
cooks, do not do at least as well.'
''Ah, but look at the practice they have
been having, mamma"
eyes, Maud" Hubert said; "and l can
tell you it is only two or three things we
can do we'll. Ducks and geese done like
this, and chops and steaks, are about the
limit. If we tried anything else we made
an awful mess of it; as to buildings, we
never attempted them; and shall be very
glad of something in the way Of bread,
for we are heartily sick Of these fat
habby cakes"
"Why have you only whitewashed this
high middle wall half way up, Frank?
'In the first place, my dear, we fell
short of whitewash; and, in the next
place, we are going to set to work at once
to put few light rafters across, and to
nail felt below them, and whtieWash 1t
so as to make a ceiling. 1t will make
the rooms look less bare, and, what is
much more important, it will make them
a great deal cooler"
"You get milk, 1 hope?'
EYES," Charley said; ''two Of the COWS
Of the last lot papa bought are accustom-
ed to be MIXED, and Hubert and / have
done it up till now; but we shall hand
them over to you, and you girls will have
to learn"
By 10 o'clock the carts arrived with
Sarah and the luggage, and then there
was work for the afternoon, putting up
the bedsteads, and getting everything into
order. The mosquito curtains We're fitted
to the beds, and all felt gratifed at the
thought that they should be able to set
the little bloodsuckers at defiance. The
next day was Sunday, upon which, as
usual, no work was to be done. After
breakfast the benches were brought in
from the bedrooms, and the men assem-
bling, Mr.. Hardy read prayers, offering
up special prayer for the blessing and
protection Of God upon their household.
Afterward Mrs. Hardy and the girls
were taken over the place, and shown the
storehouse, and the mems tent. and the
river, and the newly planted field.
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