MY VINEYARD. 2l 



CHAPTER IV. 



GETTING SETTLED. 



The middle of October found us at Lakeview with all 

 our. household goods. The house had been vacated by 

 Mr. Smith, and he was already on his way to Illinois. 

 We at once set about making such repairs and changes 

 as our taste suggested or our means allowed. We did 

 not propose to go into extensive repairs. But a few im- 

 provements seemed desirable. In no better way can we 

 give a strange place a home-like appearance, than by put- 

 ting forth personal effoi-ts to adapt it to our minds. Ev- 

 ery change, which increases our comforts, brings with it 

 a new attachment to home. A drop of oil on a creaking 

 hinge, a shaving from a door which opens with difficulty, 

 or from a window-sash wliich one can hardly lift, and a 

 thousand other little things which are but the work of a 

 moment, will often add more to the enjoyments of home 

 than extensive and costly repairs. 



