OUR COUNTRY HOME 



to have its corner here when not in use, but it carried out the prin- 

 ciples of its name so faithfully that, loaded with clay or coal, with 

 stones or wood, with hay or plants, with sand or sod, it was con- 

 stantly in demand. Its strong construction, its adaptable body, 

 its solid wooden wheels with six-inch tires, were sources of great 



THE HANDY WAGON 



satisfaction. A huge sandscreen, the scraper, the enormous leaf- 

 basket, a chain and tackle, an old door, a discarded window, a worn 

 wash-boiler, planks and boards and boxes, kegs and pipes of all 

 sizes, excelsior and straw for packing, poles and posts and wire- 

 netting and traps, an indescribable collection of odds and ends, 

 "which might come handy sometime," filled even this big place 

 from the ground to its topmost beam. 



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