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tive work more difficult than it sounds in a bank 

 where forest trees of old growth have knit roots with 

 saplings for mutual protection. 



Setting-out day sees a procession of three water- 

 carriers going Indian file up one side of the knoll and 

 down the other. Bart declares that by the time his 

 vacation is over he will be sufficiently trained to be- 

 come captain of the local fire company, which con- 

 sists of an antique engine, of about the capacity of one 

 water-barrel, and a bucket brigade. 



This profuse use of water, upon the principle of 

 imitation, has brought about another demand for it 

 on the premises. The state of particularly clay-and- 

 leaf-mouldy perspiration in which Bart finds himself 

 these days cries aloud for a shower-bath, nor is he or 

 his boots and clothing in a suitable condition for 

 tramping through the house and turning the family 

 bath-tub into a trough wherein one would think flower- 

 pots had been washed. 



With the aid of Amos Opie an oil-barrel has been 

 trussed up like a miniature windmill tank in the end 

 of the camp barn, one end of which rests on the ground, 

 and being cellarless has an earth floor. Around the 

 supports of this tank is fastened an unbleached cotton 

 curtain, and when standing within and pulling a cord 



