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Nor did her children know that she pinched herself for their sakes; as far as they knew, she had enough, and her self denial was not allowed to throw a shadow over their young lives, by the thought that their mother was starving herself that they might not suffer. NOR DID HER CHILDREN KNOW THAT SHE PINCHED HERSELF FOR THEIR SAKES AS FAR AS THEY KNEW SHE HAD ENOUGH AND HER SELF DENIAL WAS NOT ALLOWED TO THROW A SHADOW OVER THEIR YOUNG LIVES BY THE THOUGHT THAT THEIR MOTHER WAS STARVING HERSELF THAT THEY MIGHT NOT SUFFER
 he planted wheat, corn, potatoes, and other vegetables. Then his mother helped him to fence the wheatfield which contained her husband's grave. With her own hands she brought wood from the forest and split it up into rails for that purpose. Then the whole of the cleared land, in which the log house stood, was fenced, and the patient workers waited for the harvest. [Illustration: Tom borrowed a horse.] The waiting time is often the hardest to bear. Slowly but surely their little store of corn grew less and less. Fearing to run short before the harvest gave them a fresh supply, Mrs. Garfield carefully measured their slender stock, and as carefully doled out the daily allowance which alone would enable them to pull through. She had no money to buy more, and therefore she gave up one meal a day for herself, that her children might not suffer from hunger. Still she found that there was barely sufficient, and the devoted mother took only one meal a day until the harvest gave a fresh supply. HER DO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS MOTHER AND HIS ELDEST SISTER HE PLANTED WHEAT CORN POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES THEN HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM TO FENCE THE WHEAT FIELD WHICH CONTAINED HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE WITH HER OWN HANDS SHE BROUGHT WOOD FROM THE FOREST TO SPLIT IT UP INTO RAILS FOR THAT PURPOSE THEN THE WHOLE OF THE CLEARED LAND IN WHICH THE LOG HOUSE STOOD WAS FENCED AND THE PATIENT WORKERS WAITED FOR THE HARVEST THE WAITING TIME IS OFTEN THE HARDEST TO BEAR SLOWLY BUT SURELY THEIR LITTLE STORE OF CORN GREW LESS AND LESS FEARING TO RUN SHORT BEFORE THE HARVEST GAVE THEM A FRESH SUPPLY MISSUS GARFIELD CAREFULLY MEASURED THEIR SLENDER STOCK AND AS CAREFULLY DOLED OUT THE DAILY ALLOWANCE WHICH ALONE WOULD ENABLE THEM TO PULL THROUGH SHE HAD NO MONEY TO BUY MORE AND THEREFORE SHE GAVE UP ONE MEAL A DAY FOR HERSELF THAT HER CHILDREN MIGHT NOT SUFFER FROM HUNGER STILL SHE FOUND THAT WAS BARELY SUFFICIENT AND THE DEVOTED MOTHER TOOK ONLY ONE MEAL A DAY UNTIL THE HARVEST GAVE A FRESH SUPPLY
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