812 HAPPY HOLLOW FARM 



a body oughtn't to complain none about that. 

 A dollar will keep me in meal an' coffee a long 

 time, won't it? I ain't got anybody but the 

 Lord to take keer of me; but He's doin' it, 

 ain't he? I sure am thankful." 



What has that spirit to do with large success ? 

 Isn't it in itself the largest of all successes? 

 I'll leave it to you. 



When the harvest is finished next fall and 

 the farm is put in shipshape for the winter, 

 Laura and I with our children are going over 

 to Egypt and then up through some of the 

 countries to the north, Italy and France and 

 Germany and England and a few other places. 

 That's to be a part of our children's education. 

 We want them to see some pictures and hear 

 some music and get something of the "feel" of 

 the great world and its great history. We 

 think they'll be the better for that, and maybe 

 usefuller when they come to take their places. 



We shan't spend much time in the feverish 

 capitals just time enough to give us some 

 sharp effects of contrast. We're going for the 

 most part along quiet ways so we may see real 

 life instead of the poor counterfeits. 



I suppose the folks will spend most of their 

 time in the towns and villages, in the libraries 



