88 FORTY-POUR YEARS OF 



father accompanie'l us to our new home. The two old 

 people returned the same evening, and left us to shift for 

 ourselves. I had procured a barrel to pack my meat in, 

 and to work we went, ^^'e soon took all the bones out, 

 and laid the meat carefully in the barrel, which we pla<.'ed 

 in a cool house, on a dirt floor, where it kept good till the 

 last of August, being all the time under pure brine. 



While we were cutting our meat and securing it, Mary 

 said to me : " Meshach, how truly your words have come 

 to pass, ' That if we trust in God, He will not forsake us.' 

 Little did I think, when you came home without any meat, 

 that we should have this day as much as we need ; and I 

 think we shall do well enough, after all. But what we 

 shall do for milk and butter, I do not know. I ought to 

 have a cow from home, but I shall not get one, I am pretty 

 sure. But," she continued, " we have got together, and I 

 am content ; for I know you will do the best you can, and 

 I will help you all I am able. I will let nothing be want- 

 ing on my part ; for mother says no man can make a living, 

 unless bis wife takes care of what is earned." 



