and a few workmen who 

 "showed up" at 6:30 could be 

 seen still half asleep, plod- 

 ding toward their tasks. The 

 chill morning of the early fall 

 caused all to shiver with the 

 cold. Daylight had not yet 

 put in appearance. An oil 

 lamp on the kitchen table il- 

 luminated the room of the 

 laborer, where his wife was 

 preparing the cofSee and toast. 



They sat down to the fru- 

 gal meal. 



"When I get my pay Sat- 

 urday," he said, "we will 

 have enough with what's left 

 over, to pay the rent, won't 

 we?" 



"Yes, John," she answered, 

 "and we'll have a dollar or so 

 besides." 



"Can't we apply that to 

 the grocery bill?" 



"Yes, but you know your 

 shoes are worn and you must 

 get another pair or you'll 

 take down sick. The grocer 

 can be stood off till the end 

 of next week. We'll pay him 

 then." 



"No," said the head of the 

 house, resolutely. "We'll give 



the range, then flung open 

 the door. Daylight was just 

 breaking. Outside, the squir- 

 rels were barking and a half 

 dozen rabbits played in the 

 path that led down to the 

 spring. The frost had nipped 

 the leaves f~om the berry 

 bushes that covered half of 

 his ten-acre tract. They 

 stood naked in the light. On 

 the other half of his little 

 farm, potatoes had been plant- 

 ed. The work of digging had 

 just begun. 



"Some crop, that," the man 

 said to his wife, cheerfully. 

 "I'm going to pry out 300 

 bushels from each of those 

 acres. Furthermore, I'm go- 

 ing to get 75 cents a bushel 

 for 'em." 



He sat down and figured 

 laboriously. 



"Fifteen hundred bushels 

 at 75 cents a bushel," he an- 

 nounced, presently, "makes 

 $1,125. We might salt away 

 about $750 of that." 



The odor of boiling coffee, 

 the smell of fish frying in the 

 pan and of hot biscuits com- 

 ing from the oven, together 

 with the sight of wild rasp- 

 berry jam and honey, quick- 

 ened his senses. The full, big 

 joy of living in good health 

 and surrounded by plenty, 

 away out in the wide, wild 



