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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. 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
wstorms swept around the humble dwelling, and wolves howled in the forest during the long winter nights. Often the children lay awake in terror when they heard the fearful cries of the hungry animals, and knew that their brave protector was no longer there to defend them from danger. As soon as spring came round once more, Thomas borrowed a horse from a neighbour, and went about the farm work as he had seen his father 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 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. FIRST WINTER ALONE IN THE BACKWOODS WAS A TERRIBLE TIME SNOW STORMS SWEPT AROUND THE HUMBLE DWELLING AND WOLVES HOWLED IN THE FOREST DURING THE LONG WINTER NIGHTS OFTEN THE CHILDREN LAY AWAKE IN TERROR WHEN THEY HEARD THE FEARFUL CRIES OF THE HUNGRY ANIMALS AND KNEW THAT THEIR BRAVE PROTECTOR WAS NO LONGER THERE TO DEFEND THEM FROM DANGER AS SOON AS SPRING CAME ROUND ONCE MORE THOMAS BORROWED A HORSE FROM A NEIGHBOR AND WENT ABOUT THE FARM WORK AS HE HAD SEEN HIS FATHER 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
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