A New World 



branches with bad boys. "Now, John," he 

 would say, — "now, John, just think what an 

 awful thing it would be to be thrown into that 

 fire: — and then think of hellfire, that is so 

 many times hotter. Into that fire all bad boys, 

 with sinners of every sort who disobey God, will 

 be cast as we are casting branches into this 

 brush fire, and although suffering so much, 

 their sufferings will never never end, because 

 neither the fire nor the sinners can die." But 

 those terrible fire lessons quickly faded away 

 in the blithe wilderness air; for no fire can be 

 hotter than the heavenly fire of faith and hope 

 that burns in every healthy boy's heart. 



Soon after our arrival in the woods some one 

 added a cat and puppy to the animals father 

 had bought. The cat soon had kittens, and it 

 was interesting to watch her feeding, protect- 

 ing, and training them. After they were able 

 to leave their nest and play, she went out hunt- 

 ing and brought in many kinds of birds and 

 squirrels for them, mostly ground squirrels 

 (spermophiles), called "gophers" in Wisconsin. 

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