It will make the rooms look less bare,
and, what is much more important, it will make them a great deal
cooler."
"You get milk, I hope?"
"Yes," Charley said; "two of the cows of the last lot papa bought
are accustomed to be milked, and Hubert and I have done it up till
now; but we shall hand them over to you, and you girls will have to
learn."
Maud and Ethel looked at each other triumphantly. "Perhaps we know
more than you think," Ethel said.
"Yes," Mrs. Hardy said; "the girls are going to be two very useful
little women. I will tell you a secret. While you boys were at work
of a morning, the girls, as you know, often walked over to Mr.
Williams the farmer's, to learn as much as they could about
poultry, of which he kept a great many. Mrs. Williams saw how
anxious they were to learn to be useful, so she offered to teach
them to milk, and to manage a dairy, and make butter and cheese.
And they worked regularly, till Mrs. Williams told me she thought
that they could make butter as well as she could. It has been a
great secret, for the girls did not wish even their papa to know,
so that it might be a surprise."
"Very well done, little girls," Mr. Hardy said; "it is a surprise
indeed, and a most pleasant one. Mamma kept your secret capitally,
and never as much as whispered a word to me about it.
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