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own, every one of which seemed highly sen- 

 sitive. My head felt odd, too. A peculiar 

 tightness across my forehead seemed to be 

 dragging my temples toward each other. 

 Mr. Expert put down the knife. My con- 

 dition began to improve, but went all to 

 pieces again when an instrument called the 

 " spreader " was inserted. Detail upon detail 

 was explained, with cautions to avoid cut- 

 ting the backbone or an artery. My in- 

 ternal feelings became horribly appalling; 

 stars of various sizes danced all sorts of 

 jigs in front of my eyes. My flesh got all 

 goosey, and if our dear old cow had not, at 

 this moment, created a blessed interruption 

 by breaking out of the pasture, I should 

 have disgraced myself forever by flopping 

 over right in front of Mr. Expert. Very 

 urgent business was promptly arranged that 

 prevented my returning to the feed house, and 

 it afterward happened that things so turned 

 out that it was absolutely impossible for me 

 to make an opportunity for another lesson. 



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