CHAPTER XI 



MODERN DAIRYING 



A BOUT the time that the activities of the 

 J ^- New Earth were set in motion, the staid 

 folk of a picturesque Swedish hamlet, and those 

 along the country roads in the vicinity, used 

 to derive no end of amusement from the visits 

 of a lad from the village who was accustomed 

 to go from house to house asking for the privi- 

 lege of repairing things, old watches or clocks, 

 jewelry, and the like. He was not seeking 

 profit but pleasure, for he had an inborn 

 delight in doing such things. In case there 

 was a broken tool of some kind, a door-knob 

 or knocker out of order, anything, in fact, that 

 needed tinkering, he begged to be allowed to 

 put it in shape. So the country folk, good- 

 naturedly, humored him, and the defective 

 articles were soon made whole. The fame of 

 the lad spread, and great things were prophe- 

 sied of him as an inventor. When a little 

 older, he produced a number of quite impor- 



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