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we will have an unlimited supply of fuel. I 

 mean that the wood lot shall grow better rather 

 than worse as the years go by. We cannot do 

 much for it now, but more in time. You must 

 see to it that the men are not careless about 

 young trees, no breaking or knocking down 

 will be in order. Another thing to look after is 

 the ice supply. I will get Nelson to build an 

 ice-house directly, and you must look around for 

 the ice. Have you any idea as to where it can 

 be had?" 



" A big company is getting ice on Round Lake 

 three miles west, and I suppose they will sell 

 you what you want," said Thompson, " and our 

 teams can haul it all right. 



" What do you suppose they will charge per 

 ton on their platform ? " 



" From twenty-five to forty cents, I reckon." 



" All right, make as good a bargain as you 

 can, and attend to it at the best time. When 

 the teams are not hauling ice or wood, let them 

 draw gravel from French's pit. It will be hard 

 to get it out in the winter, but I guess it can be 

 done, and we will need a lot of it on these roads. 

 Have it dumped at convenient places, and we 

 will put it on the drives in the spring. 



" Another thing, we must have a bridge 

 across the brook on each lane. You will find 

 timbers and planks enough in the piles from the 

 old barns to make good bridges, and the men can 

 do the work. Then there is all that wire for the 



