Nothing a Year 23 



to my bees. Taking the expenses of the sum- 

 mer, therefore, and counting the summer at 

 eight months of the year, and leaving out the 

 money which went for clothes, books, etc., and 

 small extras, we have an outgo of $50 a month. 

 To me the life is delightful. Having $50 a 

 month from sources outside, there is no anxiety. 

 I am not at all sure that even were my $50 a 

 month income suddenly cut off I should not 

 attempt to make that amount by doubling or 

 quadrupling the size of my garden and going 

 into raising small fruits, chickens for market, 

 etc., perhaps living a little more simply than 

 we do now, simple as this life is. 



Here I can see that my sympathetic reader, 

 the man or woman tired of paying out to the 

 landlord, the butcher, and the grocer every 

 penny that comes in, tired of seeing the chil- 

 dren weak and puny, and anxious for a more 

 wholesome life than the city affords, is still dis- 

 satisfied. "Where," he exclaims, "even if I 

 have enough capital to realize an income of 

 $600 a year necessary for this country life, am 

 I to get amusement? I must go to the city for 

 a few months in winter in order to hear a little 



